'Q' you say..>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>It is a fact of charitable fund-raising that more is spent on professional help, staff, advertizing, printing, accounting, legal services, etc. than on the object of the charity.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<.
I work voluntarily in the Charity shop run by my Church. The Church(the people who attend it) pays all the costs of running the shop including rent/rates/lighting/heating and any incidental bills. All the staff in it are volunteers including the person who runs it. Every penny of the money we raise is spent on street children in Columbia, Philipines and Romania and the people who are working there who get the money to use are self funding voluntary missionaries so they get nothing from it. The point I am making is that you cannot tar all the charities with the same brush! Some are doing exactly what charity demands and others make a living from it. So when you say it is a fact.....you may be partly right but not in full possession of the facts.
Many people think the same way as you and do not give to charities as a result......if you consider giving to a charity ( anyone that is) then please look into where your money is going and who will benefit from it...... 'some of them' are as 'Q' described.
Best wishes, Mike.