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Breast Cancer Prevention Fund
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March 15, 2012
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If organization is legitimate why don't they send their information to the BBB and let them give the organization a thorough review. The lady I talked to on the phone lied to me and said 90% went to women to get mammagrams. Shame on you for scamming your fellow women. Give to an organization where the donations will really help those in need.
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March 11, 2012
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Don't be fooled by this scam - over $17M in donations but only $3.5M for mammograms while Legacy Telemarketing, owned by BCPF's president is paid over $10M! See http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/133675028.html.
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November 15, 2011
Scam alert. 17 mil raised. 3 mil went to mammograms. Rest went to telemarketer who claims remaining as services rendered claiming 90% of pitch relates to breast cancer education.
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disappointment
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dissolve it
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July 20, 2011
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I just read a report in the Everett Herald about this organization: listed as a top 30 charity, and in the upper half of those 30. Great job! Wish more had the passion these folks do.
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Seen the results.
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Good job
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July 10, 2011
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I completely agree with the last reviewer. I received a call from BCPF and was asked to donate $180 to pay for 2 mammograms. I was assured that all of the money would all go to this purpose and help local women without insurance. After researching BCPF on the web, I was shocked to learn that not only does less than 20% go towards mammogram grants but also 80% goes directly to the telemarketing making the calls which also happens to be owned by the charity's president, James Paton. When run the numbers from their 2009 IRS return, you see that he is in all liklihood retaining as much as $0.5-$1.0M in owner profit from this very lucrative contract. Yet the charity's tax return states he receives no compensation from either BCPF or Legacy Telemarketing, a mystery that's bound to catch the attention of IRS one of these days.
Knowing that only about 15% of donations end up as grants for free mammograms, the other mystery is how BCPF can claim on their tax return and WA Sec of State Charity website that they devote 90% of all expenses to program services and less than 10% to fundraising - an extraordinarily high figure that even the best run non-profits rarely achieve. The answer is equally shocking - they total up all the words in their sample telemarketing script and allocate only the last 2 sentences which comprise less than 10% of total to fundraising. Of course this assumes they give the same script in entirety to everyone and don't deviate to answer questions or persuade the donor. In reality, 70% of the people receiving calls are either (1) men or (2) women under the age of 40 who don't need a breast exam and receive only the fundraising pitch. Of the remaining 30% who do receive a reminder to have a breast exam and the phone # of their local state health dept, only women who lack health insurance (5%) aren't asked for a donation. Altogether this means 95% contain fundraising and only 30% contain program services. So don't be fooled by their highly questionable accounting magic - under the covers, this is clearly one of the most inefficient charities around.
Also don't be fooled by the positive 4 star reviews posted in this forum - they are likely from BCPF employees or agencies that receive the limited funding they do provide. Ensuring all women get a mammogram whether they can afford one or not is a noble cause but unfortunately BCPF has twisted this into a lucrative scheme to convert millions of dollars received from generous donors into private profits for the telemarketing company owned by the charity's president. Shame on him.
Please give your money instead to established organizations like the American Cancer Society or Susan G. Komen Foundation who actually help patients in need.
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Remove the conflict of interest by firing the charity's president and terminating the 10 yr exclusive contract with his telemarketing company. Fix the accounting to accurately reflect on how donation are spnt. Allocate at least 75% of donations to fund grants for free mammograms instead of the current 15%.
December 21, 2010
Repeated rude solicitation phone calls from Legacy Marketing for the fund. When you *69 the call, you get a local number. When you call the number, you only get a voice mail, never the "Breast Cancer Prevention Fund" If you want off their list, call legacy marketing at 1-800-488-4609 and ask for James Patten
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Change the fundraising.
September 9, 2010
I also checked their tax returns. Your math is wrong, Karen! This group spends 92% of all funds raised on program services (which includes the 22% for direct grants to hospitals and other medical facilities).
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January 31, 2010
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I researched their 990. In 2008 they got $3M+, paid a telemarketer $2M+, spent $1M+ on themselves, and only spent $550K on mammograms.That is only 15% to actual service to women.
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If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Make itself rich.
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