So I see that United Way has survived their scandal from 2003...
See:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/w...tentId=A31702-2004Mar4¬Found=true http://www.etherzone.com/2003/lang082903.shtml General information about charities in general:
http://www.trentstampstake.org/2006/05/todays-united-way-scandal.html Unfortunately most large charities like this have very high overheads and very little of your money actually goes to the people who need it most.
When the "firefighters" or local "police" call ask ask for money, it's usually a boiler room operation and typically less then 10% goes to the actual burn unit or whatever. Totally shameless and disgusting. I ALWAYS hang up on them. Why not just donate directly.
OCF has very little overhead and almost all of the money goes to running the site and education and materials for early detection. Make a monthly
donation here, if you feel that you have been helped. It's tax deductible as well (and we don't get a dime from United Way).
Sounds like a great idea Chuck - will they add OCF to their list of designated charities? We'll be happy to provide them a copy of our 510(c)3.
