Talk:Feed the Children

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Comment A

the article @ [1] from the reference section says "Feed the Children (FC), an AIP F-rated charity that spends only 18% of its cash budget on program services and spends 60% on direct mail and television and radio ads, has been enormously successful obtaining gifts in kind. In fiscal 2004 FC received $865 million in donated goods, a 79% increase from fiscal 2003. 64% of its in kind donations came from three corporations, according to FC’s fiscal 2004 audit."

This means that for the total. Cash is different than total contributions. This means that more than 18% of their total contributions are spent on program services. That is why the numbers from charitywatch.org and charitynavigator.org differ wildly. I will put the reference after the information if that will help you understand.198.208.159.18 04:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Serious problems

AIP's website lists serious problems at Feed The Children. Since many of these are also documented by news organizations and in lawsuits, they should be included in the article where relevant. Tragic romance (talk) 15:11, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a very important decision for me right now to decide to give to this charity or not; it is something my company gives to, and offers incentives for employees to give to individually; I will be going against the flow and will publicly look "non-humanitarian", not to mention losing certain bonuses if I do not give to this charity. I am willing to do this if it is truly worth it; I tend to believe the simplest explanation, and Charity Watch seems to make more sense to me than Charity Navigator. This article leaves out details about the "leadership dispute", does not answer to recent ratings (Dec. 2009) that reflect poorly on the charity, and makes no mention of wire-tapping, the accusation that "Feed" the Children is a misnomer, since "food is not mentioned in the breakouts of noncash property received in FC's fiscal 2008 tax form" (AIP). I do not think this article is as unbiased as possible, and "though AIP has long been the only major charity watchdog to give FC a poor rating", it ought to be reflected in an article as public as a Wikipedia page. BlewJ (talk) 14:47, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Feed the Children is a very important charity around the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.145.173.209 (talk) 01:18, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect capitalization

This should be at Feed the Children, but someone incorrectly moved it here. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:52, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it may be more correctly at Feed The Children, if that's how the organization styles itself. The issue has been escalated to Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (capitalization) at this time. —C.Fred (talk) 20:25, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]