The New York Daily News reports that Andrew Cuomo, NY’s attorney general, has sued a local “charity” called Feed the Hungry over the handling of its car donation program. The suit alleges that less than 2% of the proceeds of the donation program went to helping the homeless. The suit is part of a wider probe of vehicle-donation charities.
While there are undoubtedly charities that operate reputable vehicle-donation programs as part of their fundraising work – in our view vehicle-donation programs in general are suspect. Cuomo’s message: “be cautious and do some research.” We agree.