the really sad thing about most charities is that a great deal of the donations go to "administrative fees." Sadly, a friend of mine runs a non-profit charity that about 80% of the donations go to her living expenses and travel and the other 20 makes it to the people it was meant to be helping in the first place. I think this is why charities always need more money, because they money was only heading the the intended recipients in a ceremonial fashion.