# Charity that spends 80% on Administrative Costs

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**Created:** [September 22, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-that-spends-80-on-administrative-costs/597152 "2011-09-22T03:45:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-that-spends-80-on-administrative-costs/597152/41 "2011-09-26T10:45:55Z")

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> [@AWB](#):
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> Years ago, my roommate and I found out that the United Way had some ungodly high administrative costs, somewhere about 80-90%. (We were especially peeved because they had NFL players hawking for them during televised football games.) Thereafter, we vowed never to donate to them.

[The United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County](http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4650)  
Administration Expenses: 3.3%

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