According to this WashingtonPost.com article and outpouring of aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina and other castrophes around the globe, had charitable giving raise to a record level last year.
Nonprofit experts say although that is great for the disaster victims it has brought many new organizations--and even stat governments--vying for donors' dollars. With the media making images of flood waters, fires, tsunamis and other massive catastrophes and their victims available round the clock, and the ease of point-and-click giving via the Internet it has become easier for individuals and corporations to donate.
After Sept. 11public confidence in charities fell and then as they stabilized they fell again with the Hurrican Katrina mis-management of donations. People have begun to sour on charities.
From the article:
"If the well-known charities are perceived as failing in spending money wisely, Americans appear to believe other charities are failing, too," said Paul C. Light, a professor of public service at New York University who regularly polls public perceptions of charities.
More than 40 percent of the American public has "no confidence or not much confidence" in U.S. charities, Light said. Before Katrina, that figure was about 33 percent.
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