Firefighters Association wanting donations. Polite but pretty high pressure. They only guarantee 11% of your donation goes to this organization. I suppose it could be more but that doesn't sound very efficient.
Grumpy - Great information. I also get call from the Police Chiefs of PA which I suspect is a similar organization. Fortunately I tell them I only donate to my local fire and police.
After a spring break, the 'for profit' telemarketers begin the newest call blitz for the Firefighters Charitable Foundation, Police Chiefs of PA and others including, a new group, the 'Breast Cancer Warriors!!!'
There's great information listed above by others. Please heed it. Don't answer such calls and don't ever call back because you'll never get off the call lists. Furthermore, you calling them back guarantees you'll never get them to abide by DO NOT CALL laws. (I speak from years of experience & have unlisted phone numbers...to no avail.) Your donations to such organizations are also NOT tax deductible.
In addition to Charity Navigator, the Better Business Bureau (bbb.org) also gives excellent evaluations of the usage of funds by organizations seeking charitable donations - usually by mail or TV advertisements - and also whether such deductions are tax deductible.
I got a call from this number at 8:15 am this morning. I love "caller ID". I didn't know the number so I let my machine answer it,..even after hearing my message, the guy still asked for the lady of the house...must have been a robo call. I didn't know who the call was from until I read the messages above.
I received a call from this number. Caller ID: "Local Call Area." Leftg no message." When I called back, I heard the following messqage: "Thank you for calling the fundraising information center. We tried to contact you earlier with the message from one of the nation's sites for children or health organization, or veteran organization or public safety group. If you have any question, please press 1 and follow the prompt." So I pressed one and heard the following messages: "Please enter your number after the tone and a representative will return your call."