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The annual Scrooges and Angels list has been released

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The 16th annual Scrooges and Angels list was announced by South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond on Wednesday.

The list recognizes the top 10 charitable organizations from across the nation based the percentage of money donated to them that's actually devoted to  programs and services.

To be named on the Angels list, a charity must commit at least 80 percent of the money donated to programs and services. Angels are selected based on financial reports submitted to the Secretary of State's office and nominations from the public.

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Those organizations named to the Scrooge list have failed to devote 40 percent or more of its donations to programs and services.

Those organizations that are located outside of South Carolina had to register with the Secretary of State in order to solict donations in the state.

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The following are this year's Angels:

Name Location % of total expenditures used for programs ACTS-Area Churches Together Serving, Inc. Aiken 86.5% Associated Charities, Inc. Myrtle Beach 97.6% Camp Discovery at His Acres, Inc. Blythewood 96.2% Carolina Wildlife Care, Inc. Columbia 87% Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg, Inc. Spartanburg 89.1% DonorsChoose.org New York City 94.8% Let There Be Mom, Inc. Greenville 92.2% Project Host, Inc. Greenville 91.8% South Carolina STRONG North Charleston 98% Support Our Troops Daytona Beach 98.3%

 

The following are this year's Scrooges:

Name Location % of total expenditures used for programs Cancer Survivors' Fund Missouri City, TX 9.1% Children's Leukemia Research Association, Inc. Garden City, NY 23.9% Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center, Inc. Niceville, FL 7.5% Foundation for American Veterans, Inc. West Bloomfield, MI 10.4% Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library Chicago, IL 32.7% Law Enforcement Education Program, Inc. Troy, MI 2.9% Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation of America Milwaukie, OR 12.8% South Carolina Professional Firefighters Assocation Myrtle Beach 24% Veterans of Foreign Wars, O.B. Rosseger Post #2779 Orangeburg, SC 4.9% Woman to Woman Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. Lauderdale Lakes, FL 3.1%

For more information about the Scrooges and Angels list, visit the South Carolina Secretary of State web site.

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