Oh it is, especially when it's people calling and selling tickets to things such as the fireman's circus for disabled children and off the wall charities you've never heard of. I'm not picking on firemen, I get more calls from boiler rooms representing police associations. How many different police associations are there? A lot, the owners of the phone banks must just make up names when they get an LE department to sign on in return for a small percentage of the take.
Now, speaking of large, established organizations and not the fly-by-night outfits I mentioned above, here is some
info from 2007.
CFC Search (
https://give.cfcnca.org/?search)
Interesting to see
Anti "Charity"-------------------------Overhead------Search Key Word
Violence Policy Center ----------------22.1%------Violence
Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence------30.1%------Violence
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence------24.2%------Violence
Pro-2A "Charity"----------------------Overhead ------Search Key Word
Gun Owners Foundation---------------11.5%------Firearms
NRA Foundation, Inc.------------7.6%------Firearms
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Using the link I posted, I entered NRA and here is the federal charity campaign info from 2011.
https://my.cfcnca.org/?search&key=SEARCH_CATALOG_ce56bd2d2fb0f1873139dc6fab3c3f86/#results
NRA Foundation, Inc., The.Supports eligible programs within the NRA, law enforcement, and other community-based agencies that foster firearms safety and education, constitutional education, and wildlife conservation management.
Affiliation: National Independent Organizations
CFC # code, used for making designations: 11872. Employer Identification Number: EIN #52-1710886.
Overhead: 10.6%. Program Areas: N - Recreation, Sports, Leisure, Athletics O - Youth Development R - Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy .
Website Address:
www.nrafoundation.org. Phone Number: (888)467-2363.
NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund.Asserts and defends the human, civil and constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms through precedent-setting litigation and education programs.
Affiliation: National Independent Organizations
CFC # code, used for making designations: 10006. Employer Identification Number: EIN #52-1136665.
Overhead: 15.2%. Program Areas: R - Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy .
Website Address:
www.nradefensefund.org. Phone Number: (703)267-1250.
National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, The.The NRAEF's mission is to enhance the restaurant industry's service to the public through education, community engagement and promotion of career opportunities.
Affiliation: National Independent Organizations
CFC # code, used for making designations: 81740. Employer Identification Number: EIN #36-6103388.
Overhead: 38.0%. Program Areas: Z - Other .
Website Address:
www.nraef.org. Phone Number: (312)715-1010.
Hey, the restaurant association came up with the search results. 38% overhead. Dang.
