Thursday, December 30, 2004

Top-rated Charities

The American Institute of Philanthropy lists their top-rated charities. UINICEF and several other of the UN-related charities have poor-ratings for having too-much skimmed-off for "overhead and expenses". Gee, why is that not a surprise?

American Red Cross 800-435-7669 A+

Other INTERNATIONAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT

Accion International 617-625-7080 A-
Africare 202-462-3614 A
American Friends Service Committee 215-241-7000 A-
American Near East Refugee Aid 202-347-2558 A
American Refugee Committee 612-872-7060 A+
AmeriCares 800-486-HELP A
CARE 800-422-7385 A-
Catholic Relief Services 410-625-2220 A-
Church World Service 800-297-1516 A-
Doctors of the World - USA 888-817-HELP A
Doctors Without Borders USA 212-679-6800 A
FINCA International 202-682-1510 A
International Rescue Committee 212-551-3000 A
Lutheran World Relief 410-230-2700 A+
Mennonite Central Committee 888-563-4676 A
Oxfam-America 800-77-OXFAM A-
Save the Children 800-728-3843 A-
U.S. Committee for Refugees 202-347-3507 A-

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.
--- Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)