Worst Veterans Charities to Avoid This Veterans Day 2025

Nov 6, 2025

Unfortunately, highly popular causes tend to attract the most money, and therefore the most scammers and unscrupulous fundraisers. Veterans and military causes are particularly susceptible, as they play on our...

Worst Veterans & Military Charities to Avoid This Memorial Day

May 20, 2025

Almost everyone knows at least one veteran or active duty service member in the military. This is why veterans causes hit so close to home for so many. People feel...

F Ratings: Veterans Charities to Avoid This Veterans Day 2024

Nov 1, 2024

Donors need to be particularly careful when donating to veterans and military charities. Unscrupulous fundraisers know that it is relatively easy to raise money for this cause because playing on...

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.

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. 

Taxpayer Subsidized PPP Funds Went to Charities with Failing Grades

May 25, 2022

Many highly inefficient charities with histories of very low program spending and "F" ratings from CharityWatch received taxpayer subsidized PPP funds that could have been better utilized by other, much...

“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! 

Veterans Charity Forgiven of $13.9 Million of Debt Is $6.9 Million in the Red Only 3 Years Later

Mar 18, 2019

Only three years after Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) entered into a settlement agreement with the New York Office of the Attorney General and was forgiven of $13.9 million in...

Huge Amounts of Donations Squandered by ‘F’ Rated Charity Before Settlement Is Reached

Sep 24, 2014

Believed to be the largest amount of financial relief ever obtained in the U.S. for deceptive charitable fundraising, a $24.6 million settlement will be paid by the for-profit direct mail...

F Rated Veterans Charity Busted: $24.6 Million Settlement with Attorney General

Jul 31, 2014

CharityWatch was the first to warn the public of a $8.4 million debt in 2008 and other serious problems with Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF). The charity continued to dig...

The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

Apr 1, 2012

You open your mailbox one morning and there inside is a letter from a charity asking for your support. You read it and are inspired to donate, writing out a...

F Rated Charity and Its Fundraiser Should Be Put on a Leash

Apr 1, 2011

If you are an animal lover you may have received a t-shirt or other unsolicited gift from SPCA International (SPCAI), a charity that states its mission as "advancing the safety...