A possibly stupid question about non-profit charities.

[TheWraith]

9. Not quite.

Charities ARE required by law to dedicate a minimum amount of the money they take in to actual charitable action as opposed to overhead, however the required minimum percentage is only about 20% I believe. What charitable groups actually use for their own operations varies--for instance, the Red Cross uses less than 10% of their income for administrative costs and salaries, whereas the March of Dimes uses almost 25%. Anything over 40% is generally considered to be either very poor management or extreme dishonesty.