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In our research KIDS WISH NETWORK comes at first number to be the

America's Worst Charity (We look at the details and Rank the Charities on
the basis of Cash that they pay to Solicitors in the past decade).
Lets see why ...
Each year Kids Wish Network collects millions of dollars in the name of charity
and donations on behalf of dying children and their families. Each year, it wastes
out nearly every penny.

An Overview of Kids Wish Network

Total Money Raised by Solicitors : $ 137.9 Million

Money Paid to Solicitors : $ 115.9 Million

Cash to The Charity : $ 22.0 Million

Direct Cash Aid : $ 3.5 Million

%age Spent on Direct Cash Aid : $ 2.5%

Most of the money is diverted to enrich the operators of the charity and for-profit
enterprises, that are hired by Kids Wish to increase donations. Sick children get less
than 3 cents of every dollar collected. This was the formula from 16 years, since the Kids
Wish imitated the respected Make-A-Wish Foundation . As a resultm it launched its own
network for raising more money. In the last decade alone, the Kids Wish Network
Charity was donated nearly $ 110 million for sick children in its company fundraisers.
According to a review of Times CIR , this makes it "the worst charity" in the nation who
led the most money with professional soliciting firms over time.
In addition to the money that was paid to fundraisers, Kids Wish paid its founder and
company members at least $ 4.8 million. All this money was paid in salaries and
expenses over the years. When the founder Mark Breiner was still president of Kids

Wish, he was earning more than $ 130,000 a year. And as a partner he also joined
former employee in a fundraising company called Dream Giveaway.
In the years of 2008 and 2009, Kids Wish paid nearly $ 1.7 million to Dream Giveaway.
The money was given in consulting fees to run the automobiles of giveaways that raised
money for charity.
Even after his retirement from Kids Wish Network in mid-2010, Breiner continued to
make money . He left his mother in law on the board of the charity. In 2010 and 2011,
the charity paid 2.1 million to two of Breiners companies for consulting, licensing and
brokerage fees.

Violations by KIDS WISH NETWORK CHARITY

Kids Wish , by waiting for almost four years to release the money it paid to
Breiner , violated the IRS rules . The reason of delaying was blamed on its
accountants by the charity.
Breiner continued to refuse to answer the questions about his consulting and
fundraising firms. For a car giveaway in 2012, he received an additional amount of $
1.26 million by Kids Wish.
But he said in an email that recently the charity completed an IRS audit. According to
him the audit included a review about the contracts with his owned companies.
Breiner further said : "They found not any single indication of conflicts related to
interest with the founders or the board of council,"
The Kids Wish website is filled with number of testimonials from grateful families for
their wishes. It also includes magical moments with the likes of pop star Rihanna and
also President Barack Obama. About 800 children get their wishes come true each year.
But charity spends most of the money on donated items (coloring books , toys etc)- and
distributing them throughout the country.

Melissa Schwartz Review About KIDS WISH

NETWORK CHARITY

Recently Kids Wish Network hired Melissa Schwartz. Melissa Schwartz is

an expert in crisis management in New York and she also worked for the
federal government after the 2010 BP oil spill .
Schwartz said the agency hired outside companies for fundraising so that the company's
own staff can focus on granting wishes. According to its filing of IRS , Kids Wish
Network has 51 employees.
Schwartz also said that all contributions that are given to the organization through its
website are used 100 percent to granting wishes.
She refused to answer detailed questions about the fundraising operations of Kids Wish
or payments to its founder, saying the charity "focuses on the future."
Regarding the Times ranking that Kids Wish is the worse charity of the
nation, Schwartz spoke : "There are more than 100,000 children and their
families who are helped by Kids Wish Network and they got a positive
difference in their lives. They would certainly refute any negative
characterization related to the success and importance of the efforts of our
organization. "