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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course, many churches do great things, including the Catholic Church and Catholic Charities.  But I am confident that, for example, of all the donations received by the Catholic Church, only a small percentage is used for direct services to the poor and disabled. Nothing is wrong with that, but one can't claim that religious instutitions are an efficient means to serve the poor and disabled.[/quote]

In your opinion, what is an efficient means to serve the poor and disabled?[/quote]

Simple answer.  When more than a few percent of one donations directly serve the poor.[/quote]

You did not give a simple answer--more like no answer. Please name a group that you think serves the poor and disabled efficiently. [/quote]

New Poster:  Partners in Health.  94% of donations go directly to services for the poor.  Their administrative overhead is 2.5% and their fundraising cost is 3%

In contrast, my church has a $1 million budget, and only about $100,000 or 10% goes to serving the poor or other disadvantaged groups.  The rest goes to the services that I receive - the minister, upkeep of the church, social events, sunday school, etc.

If you want to look at the efficiency of charitable organizations the best resource is http://www.charitynavigator.org

They have a statistic for every charity: Program Expenses.  This is the money going directly to service work.  According to their definition, "good" is spending 75% or more on the charitable service.  There is no way that any church could touch that statistic.  The simple fact is that most Church money supports the Church itself. [/quote]

according to your link, Catholic charities does very well

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?keyword_list=catholic+charities&Submit2=GO&bay=search.results[/quote]

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