Worthwhile charities

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Yes, as I found out, they are exempt from the no-call list - which is why I found the posted website very useful:-).

Thanks, Kathryn. I suspect there are some unscrupulous people that will deliberately use say names over the phone that sound similar to legitimate organizations. I'd never commit to donating money by phone. I'd instead ask them to mail their request to me.

you can also jump online when they call and look for their website too, then challenge their status........

not that i've ever done that

Actually, that is what I do - I go to this website while I am on the phone to them - after asking them how much of their funding goes to actual projects and how much to fundraising and administrative costs. Then, after they can't tell me which is almost all the time, I look up their name and have an immediate answer. Anything that uses less than 75% of its money for programmes doesn't get a dime from me. One called today with a name very similar to a well known and respected charity for children - when I looked them up it showed that they spent nearly 86% of the funds they raised on fundraising! And they offer a 100% tax receipt. They didn't get a dime.

That's got to be one of the most despicable scams to pull. That really boils my blood. Unfortunately, they call enough people to find elderly people who can't hear well and they exploit them.