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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum released the names of the top 20 worst charities in Oregon today.

Some of these charities collected millions of dollars and spent less than 10 percent on actual charitable causes. Instead, the charities on this list spent their money fundraising (read throwing parties) and paying administrators.

Though not a single charity on the list is based on Oregon, all are registered to do business here.

Here’s her report:

attorney_generals_20_worst_charities_2012.pdf

Thanks for the heads up, Ellen. And beware who you write your checks to this holiday season…

This article appears in Dec 13-19, 2012.

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20 Worst Charities in Oregon

by Erin Foote Marlowe, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 13, 2012

<h1>20 Worst Charities in Oregon</h1> <p class="byline">by Erin Foote Marlowe, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 13, 2012</p> <p>Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum released the names of the top 20 worst charities in Oregon today. </p> <p>Some of these charities collected millions of dollars and spent less than 10 percent on actual charitable causes. Instead, the charities on this list spent their money fundraising (read throwing parties) and paying administrators. </p> <p>Though not a single charity on the list is based on Oregon, all are registered to do business here. </p> <p>Here's her report:</p> <p><a class="pdflink" href="http://posting.bendsource.com/images/blogimages/2012/12/13/1355439354-attorney_generals_20_worst_charities_2012.pdf" target="_blank">attorney_generals_20_worst_charities_2012.pdf</a></p> <p>Thanks for the heads up, Ellen. And beware who you write your checks to this holiday season...</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/20-worst-charities-in-oregon-2201770/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=14008&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/20-worst-charities-in-oregon-2201770/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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