Some of the Worst Charities in America 2024

Dec 10, 2024

To help you with your year-end giving decisions CharityWatch has put together this list of some of our lowest-rated charities. Ratings are based on how efficiently each charity raises donations...

Kars4Kids Lawsuit & Updated CharityWatch Rating

Nov 18, 2024

CharityWatch recently published our updated rating of Kars4Kids, a popular car donation charity with a catchy jingle and ubiquitous marketing. CharityWatch had been critical of the organization in the past...

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...

Heavily Advertised Charity Comes Under Fire From CharityWatch and Minnesota Attorney General

May 9, 2017

Before you respond to the Kars4Kids infectious jingle, read CharityWatch's article, Costly and Continuous Kars4Kids Ads Disguise Charity's Real Purpose, check out our rating for Kars4Kids, and watch the CBS News...

Costly and Continuous Kars4Kids Ads Disguise Charity’s Real Purpose

Mar 10, 2017

Described by many as annoying and by SFGate.com as the subject of "widespread, ubiquitous hate," the catchy advertising jingle for the charity known as Kars4Kids can now be heard not...

Tips for Donating a Car to Charity

May 16, 2012

A charity that uses a donated vehicle for transportation or hauling goods obviously benefits directly from such a donation. However, in many cases donated cars will be sold en masse,...

Catchy Jingle Not a Green Light to Donate

Aug 1, 2010

For the many people who have heard it, the catchy Kars4Kids jingle is difficult to forget. The charity behind the Kars4Kids fundraising campaign, J O Y for Our Youth (JOY),...