| Arcturus said: There is no fraud occurring here. This is how most major charities operate. |
This.
The outrage at this "revelation" shows just how ignorant the general public actually are as to how charities run.
Also there is a huge chunk of that pie dedicated to Public and professional education, this is actually just as important as actual research. It spreads awareness, increases good practice and improves the lives of many current sufferers (whilst research only benefits in the future). Patient and Community Services are a further 19%. People think that's an insignificant thing to invest in?
Those 3 areas alone are 78% of charitable donations. Fund raising goes towards generating further revenue, so although it's 14%, the intention is it generates more than that in the future. A whopping 7% is actually being spent on salaries etc.
Charities such as Oxfam have been found to be far worse with your donations than this.
RIP Dad 25/11/51 - 13/12/13. You will be missed but never forgotten.
