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...

Non-cash Donations Obscure How Efficiently A Charity Is Really Operating

Feb 8, 2022

A charity might spent 90% of your donation on fundraising and overhead costs, but by running large volumes of non-cash donations through its books, it can make itself appear to...

“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...

Reported Charity Salaries May Not Tell the Full Story

Apr 4, 2017

Donors often seek out information on charity executive salaries when considering whether or not to donate to a particular nonprofit. Unfortunately, the presentation of such salary data often causes donors...

Help Hospitalized Veterans Is Banned from VA Hospitals

Jan 30, 2015

Another startling fact concerning the "F" rated Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV) has come to the attention of CharityWatch...

Subject of Scathing Report from VA Inspector General Picked to Lead Veterans Charity

Jun 9, 2014

Despite a history of misconduct during her time working for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as Director of National Programs and Special Events, Diane Hartmann has been appointed the...

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...

Dishonored Veterans Charity Sued by California AG

Sep 6, 2013

Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV), which earns an F rating from CharityWatch, has been sued by California's Attorney General. The AG shares CharityWatch's long held position that HHV's accounting gimmicks inflate...