My Nonprofit Reviews

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a multi-million dollar nonprofit whose executives are paid well over $300,000 per year, which is far above the average income for executives of charities of similar size. The AFSP draws out those who have suffered suicide loss, or those who lived through the experience of an attempt at their "Out of the Darkness Walks" throughout the country, then pump them for their story, and then press them harder and harder to raise money, money, and more money. It becomes worse the longer you work with them. As a volunteer and chapter board member, after I donated and raised many thousands of dollars and after my chapter raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, AFSP staff offered just one pathetic PowerPoint presentation in our community. The AFSP does not even run a suicide lifeline or any support group! Your money and time are better spent on local organizations that actually perform suicide prevention functions, not one like the AFSP that just profits off your loss. And as for the "research" the AFSP claims it funds, you're better off donating to organizations that actually do consistent and credible research in the area of suicide prevention, such as The American Association of Suicidology (http://www.suicidology.org) or the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (http://actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org).

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