Charities might not get much of gifts

Charities might not get much of gifts: "Charities might not get much of gifts
Fund-raisers take half of donations collected in this state
By CANDACE HECKMAN
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
A little more than half the $368 million that state residents donated to charity last year did not go to charitable causes but instead went into the pockets of commercial fund-raisers who solicited the money.
Nevertheless, the amount of money raised in Washington by commercial fund-raisers and handed over to charities has increased dramatically over 10 years ago, when less than a third of the donations raised went to charity, Secretary of State Sam Reed said."