Unfortunately, the vast majority of those who call on behalf of charitable organization give very little of what they take in to the actual charity. Most of what they collect goes to pay the call center owners and employees. Always ask what percentage of what they collect goes to the charity and tell them you do not give unless over 80% goes to the charity. Even that overhead is too high but you have to do some searching to find ones with lower overhead.
This was someone saying they represent the local police benevolant society wanting donations to help the poor for christmas. If I knew for sure that was the truth I might have donated but thanks to the many scammers today I can't afford to trust anything anyone says over the phone.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of those who call on behalf of charitable organization give very little of what they take in to the actual charity. Most of what they collect goes to pay the call center owners and employees. Always ask what percentage of what they collect goes to the charity and tell them you do not give unless over 80% goes to the charity. Even that overhead is too high but you have to do some searching to find ones with lower overhead.
I have refused to donate to this cause due to most of the money collected is used to pay for the call center. I have received a number of these calls more than once a day, I have also requested that they no longer call my house. Can someone give me advice on this matter