All the major national/international "charities" are corrupt, in terms of how much money they bring in compared to how much is actually used for charity work. The heads of those charities make hundreds of thousands a year! If you ever want to have a nice little side job, just create a charity that interests enough people, make yourself the president and assign a nice annual salary, all legal, and as long as you show some of the donations going to whatever cause, it would all be legal, and with the right marketing, people would think you are doing wonderful things. Just check out the charity navigator website if you want to see where most known charities spend their money. United Way is one of the worst, with most money going to "fund raising", and of course, the salaries of the upper level people. United Way is the Federal Government of charities; just a middle-man skimming off most of the money before it gets put to use.