British Heart Foundadtion.
(Having just had a triple bypass operation - it's where my heart lies, so to speak )

Shriners anytime I see them I'll donate. From what I know about them (admittedly not much.) 100% of what they take in goes into children one way or another. All overhead is donated by the group.

twilyth
My family has sponsered a child through them. We started about about 12 years ago.

If you want more info on Shriners - see http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/6493.htm

They give them 3 out of 4 stars and say almost 94% goes to helping children.

I started donating to CCF a long time ago, but didn't start sponsoring until around 2000. I didn't want to commit to a monthly expense and then have to pull out after someone was already relying on me. At the time I was a consultant and never knew how long I would be on a job.

But when I inherited some money, I started a few perpetual sponsorships. You donate a lump sum and it will be used to sponsor a child in perpetuity. The only thing about the program that could be improved is that if a child gets too old for the program or their family leaves (say moves out of the project area), they automatically assign another child without consulting you. I guess that makes sense in the long run, but it would be nice if they would try to give you the option. This has happened a couple of times. Only once did I call them about it and they were very happy to make the change that I requested.

Specially after This last year


They do lots of good in our Country