When selecting a charity to donate to, it’s key to look at
where the money’s going. Some breast cancer charities focus on research, some
provide medical services, while some educate and advocate. Programs like these
are all important to the fight against breast cancer, but it’s imperative to
know which type of program (or combination of programs) you want to support
this October, and all year round.
When you visit a charity’s profile on Charity Navigator’s
website, simply click into the programs tab to see what kinds of programs an
organization is running, and how much money
they allocate to those programs. Focusing on breast cancer charities
demonstrates how large the variety of programs within a cause area can be.
The Breast
Cancer Research Foundation, for example, allocates all of its program
expenses to research grants. The
Rose provides a variety of direct medical services for women, focusing on
both prevention and treatment. The National
Breast Cancer Foundation provides diagnostic breast care services (spending
44.1% on this program) and it also pays attention to educational and awareness
materials (spending 46.6% on this program). All of these charities have
received four star ratings from Charity Navigator, which shows that they exceed
industry standards and outperform most breast cancer charities. What’s
imperative here is knowing what kinds of programs you want to support.
Our website does this research for you, making it extremely
easy for you to give intelligently. Use our Hot Topic, Charities
Working to Prevent and Cure Breast Cancer as a starting place to decide
which breast cancer charities you want to support!
Thinking about
supporting a breast cancer charity by buying that pink ribbon item? Think again.
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