Oxfam Charity Claim Fact Check: Where Does Your Donation Go
“Oxfam, only 25p goes on the charity cause. The rest is on high salaries, high spec company cars and flash dinners to use up the remaining grant money, before they are given another fund”
Summary
Oxfam reports that about 82 pence of every £1 donated is spent on its humanitarian, development and campaigning work, not 25 pence. There is no evidence that the majority of funds go to high salaries, luxury cars or extravagant dinners; the charity’s financial statements show a broader allocation of income across programs and operational costs.
Sources 49 searched
- Search the register of charities - prd-ds-register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk
Details of Oxfam's mission and ways of working can be found at www.oxfam.org.uk ... Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past.
- Oxfam scandal: Nine charts that show what charities do - BBC News
The Charity Retail Association, ... of their money on their main causes. Oxfam says for every £1 donated, 82p will be spent on humanitarian, development and campaigning work....
- Reality Check: How much UK charity money goes to Oxfam? - BBC News
The charity had a total income of £409m last year, of which £176m came from government and other public authorities. Of the rest, £108m came from donations and legacies and £91m from sales in its shops.
- Reality Check: How much UK charity money goes to Oxfam?
The charity had a total income of £409m last year, of which £176m came from government and other public authorities. Of the rest, £108m came from donations and legacies and £91m from sales in its shops.
- The Oxfam scandal has taught us there is no reward for honest charities | Angela Crack | The Guardian
The danger of this donor reaction to the Oxfam scandal is that other NGOs with less robust procedures will shy away from being open about abuse. Managers will judge the consequences of transparency too grave. NGOs looking to tackle this issue have another problem: a public that is highly sceptical of overheads. The running costs of charities have long been associated with waste, with many arguing the highest possible proportion of donations should be spent on “the cause”. But investing in robust whistleblowing and safeguarding procedures doesn’t come cheap.
- Post-Oxfam, charities must come clean on how donors' money is spent | Jane Dudman | The Guardian
Part of the problem is that funders continue to believe they maximise their impact by giving every penny to the frontline, and they want charities to be able to demonstrate that almost every last penny they raise goes directly to the projects ...
- Oxfam GB | FAQs about donations
In order for Oxfam to reclaim the tax you have paid on your donations, you must have paid income or capital gains tax (in the UK) for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) at least equal to the tax that all the charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs that you donate to will reclaim on your gifts for that tax year.
- Oxfam GB | How we spend your money
We work hard to ensure that not a penny is wasted in our fight to end poverty and injustice.
- Financial information | Funding breakdown | Oxfam
Mississippi: The official registration and financial information of Oxfam America, Inc. may be obtained from the Mississippi Secretary of State's office by calling 1-888-236-6167. Registration by the Secretary of State does not imply endorsement. New Jersey:: INFORMATION FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCERNING THIS CHARITABLE SOLICITATION AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY THE CHARITY DURING THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD THAT WERE DEDICATED TO THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY BY CALLING (973) 504-6215 AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/charfrm.htm.
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