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When you donate to a charity, the money you give is used to fund the organization's programs and services, but some of it is also used to help keep the charity running. The "Where will my money go?" section of a charity's description helps to show how efficiently a charity is being operated, and how your charitable donation is being allocated among programs, administrative tasks, and fund raising. We also show how a charity's numbers compare with the average. Note the summary line at the bottom of the section that begins with "This charity spent..." to see the tax year data used to calculate the percent values.
- Programs: This is the percent of a charity's total expenses that are spent on implementing the programs and services it delivers. A higher number means that more of your donation is going directly to the programs and services that the charity was created to provide.
- Administrative: This is the percent of a charity's total expenses that are spent on overhead, administrative staff, and associated costs.
- Fundraising: This is the percent of a charity's total expenses that are spent to raise money, including campaign printing, publicity, mailing, and staffing costs incurred in soliciting donations, memberships, and grants.