Where Most Needed

For-Profit Firm Cracks the Combination at the Combined Federal Campaign

Playing by the rules of the federal workplace giving program (similar to the United Way campaign), charity coalitions managed by Maguire/Maguire capture $60 million of the nearly $270 million given by federal workers. 

Study: Large Scale CFC Campaigns Have Lower Fundraising Cost

A Where Most Needed exclusive: across all 300 local campaigns of the Combined Federal Campaign in 2005, average costs were significantly higher for small scale campaigns, although there were at least few low cost performers in all scale categories. 

Six Charities Sue the Obscure Federal Agency that Regulates Charities

And it's not the IRS.  The action highlights the power that an unlikely government department wields over US groups that rely on contributions.

GAO Study: A Select Few Charities are Major Tax Deadbeats

Fewer than 100 of the 22,000 charities that receive contributions from the Combined Federal Campaign account for the bulk of delinquencies, primarily in payroll taxes.