Calling Solicitors to Account

Chronicle ranking of companies assesses value to charities

By HARVY LIPMAN

Americans donate at least $1-billion annually to charitable fund-raising campaigns run by commercial solicitors, but only about a third of that money ends up in the charities' hands, a Chronicle study has found.

The Chronicle analyzed computerized financial reports filed by commercial fund raisers and nonprofit...

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