F-Rated Veterans Charities to Avoid This Veterans Day 2023

Nov 3, 2023

This Veterans Day follow CharityWatch’s 5 Steps for Informed Giving and read the below list of F-Rated Veterans & Military nonprofits to consider which organizations to avoid.

“Nonprofits Might Game the System,” Economics Professor Says of Charity Navigator’s Star Ratings

Jun 27, 2023

"Charity Navigator Stars Can Boost Donations -- but Nonprofits Might Game the System."

CharityWatch List of “F” Rated Veterans Charities

Nov 11, 2022

Review CharityWatch's list of "F" rated veterans and military charities to consider which charities you may want to avoid. 

“F” Rated Veterans Charities to Watch Out For This Veterans Day!

Nov 11, 2021

These "F" Rated veterans charities spend as much as 96% on overhead! 

CharityWatch Hall of Shame: The Personalities Behind Charity Scandals

Aug 24, 2018

The most important lesson to be learned from the following colorful stories of charity scoundrels is that regardless of how distinguished, well-connected and honored a charity leader is, he is...

Leadership Booted at Dishonored Veterans Charity Ordered to Pay $2.5 Million Restitution

Oct 1, 2013

Despite having raised donations amounting to tens of millions of dollars from well-meaning donors while using significant portions of it to enrich himself, Roger Chapin was an expert at maintaining...

Congressionally Scorned Charity Leader Receives $1.9 Million

Dec 1, 2010

Roger Chapin, a self-described "non-profit entrepreneur," retired last year from the charity he founded in 1971, Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV), after nearly forty years as president of the group. Chapin's...

Charity Questions the Value of Donated Goods: How $118,000 Shipment May Be Worth Less Than $7,000 to Recipients

Apr 1, 2009

Feed the Children is practically a household name thanks to its celebrity endorsers and television infomercials featuring malnourished children in impoverished areas of the globe. The charity claims...

Our Veterans Deserve Better — Congressional Testimony

Dec 13, 2007

Americans, whether or not they favor our military's involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan or other conflicts, care deeply about the plight of our nation's wounded veterans. We want to do something...

Inefficient, Tax-Delinquent, and Even Fake Charities Pass CFC Screens

Aug 1, 2006

For many donors, an easy, convenient way to donate to charity is through the United Way, the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), or other workplace giving campaign that allows employees to...