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Business > Nonprofits Charitable organizations collect more for organization and less for those in need

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I worked in the UK charitable sector for over eight years and I often came across people that thought that charities spent more money on themselves than on the people they were trying to help. Fortunately for the vast majority of charities in the UK this simply is not true.

If you want to donate your hard earned cash to a charity you should feel confident that as much of the money as possible is going to the cause you want to help.

Now that most charities have websites it is easy to access basic financial reports on them, as many will have a page showing you how income is generated...

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