Charity U.S.A.
Subtitle: an investigation into the hidden world of the multi-billion dollar charity industry
By: Carl Bakal.
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
Subjects: Charities -- United States.; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- United States.; Fund raising.
Description: Includes information on American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, American Foundation for the Blind, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American National Red Cross, Arthritis Foundation, beggars and panhandlers, black charities, blindness, Boysʼ Clubs of America, Boys Town, Camp Fire Girls, cancer, Christianity and charity, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, diabetes, Disabled American Veterans, evaluating a charity, fund raising techniques, Girl Scouts, government support, guide dogs, history of philanthropy, Jaycees, Jewish giving, kidney disease, lung diseases, mental illness, mental retardation, minority related charities, misuse of funds, motivations for giving, Muscular Dystrophy Association, National Easter Seal Society, National Foundation March of Dimes, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Planned Parenthood Federation, poverty and the poor, Protestant giving, Roman Catholic giving, scouting, tuberculosis, United Cerebral Palsy Association, United Jewish Appeal (UJA), United Way, volunteer workers, Volunteers of American, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.