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How Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to Charity
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The ratings below were computed by The Chronicle using a statistical analysis that took into account the percentage of total donations that went to the nonprofit organizations and the size and type of nonprofit organizations for which the campaigns were conducted. A score of 50 is average.
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Fund-raising company
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Total gross income
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Total to charity
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Median %
of gross income to charity *
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Chronicl e score
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Levy Pazanti & Associates (Los Angeles)
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$20,358,678
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$15,855,626
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79.70%
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101.1
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EVERY PENNY COUNTS, INC. (Red Bank, NJ)
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75.00%
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Mutual Funding (Fredericksburg, Va.)
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$2,806,107
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$1,588,010
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57.50%
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97
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Volunteer Fund Raising Dimensions (Dale City, Va.)
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$3,198,992
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$1,722,021
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53.70%
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92.5
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Events Unlimited (Los Angeles)
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$23,974,664
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$16,529,007
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64.10%
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85.2
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MZA Events (Los Angeles)
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$23,857,335
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$16,518,048
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68.60%
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82.7
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Hudson Bay Company (Golden Valley, Minn.)
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$2,584,875
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$1,431,833
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70.30%
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75.7
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Pallotta Teamworks AIDS Vaccine (Los Angeles)
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$61,287,296
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$35,771,186
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58.50%
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75.2
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D&D Telemarketing (Ronkonkoma, NY.)
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$2,059,023
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$851,864
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40.70%
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70.7
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Aria Communications (St. Cloud, Minn.)
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$9,528,248
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$6,855,681
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68.60%
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67.8
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Phone Bank Systems (East Lansing, Mich.)
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$4,608,026
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$3,156,547
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66.80%
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67.6
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Lester Telemarketing (Branford, Conn.)
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$6,928,853
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$4,953,123
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65.70%
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66.9
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Capital District Callers (Schenectady, NY.)
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$2,982,777
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$1,115,300
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38.40%
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66.4
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Fundraising & Communication Serv. (Minneapolis)
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$7,090,509
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$4,650,624
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56.40%
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66.3
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Statewide/Trooper Publications(Falmouth, Mass.)
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$11,167,624
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$3,780,858
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35.00%
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65.7
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Haines & Company (North Canton, Ohio)
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$7,700,074
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$4,228,649
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47.40%
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65.4
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IDC (Henderson, Nev.)
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$12,680,828
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$8,033,209
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60.80%
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64.9
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Royalty Services (Queensbury, NY.)
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$2,894,194
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$829,509
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29.20%
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63.8
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Gordon & Schwenkmeyer (El Segundo, Calif.)
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$2,574,596
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$1,052,409
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47.10%
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63.4
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Dialamerica Marketing (Mahwah, NJ.)
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$4,776,577
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$2,389,948
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52.00%
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62.1
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Tele-Response Center (Philadelphia)
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$22,421,344
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$8,375,751
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30.40%
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61.4
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Outreach Center (Pittsburgh)
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$2,834,924
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$1,678,738
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60.00%
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59.2
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Life-Tel (Milwaukee)
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$3,370,585
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$2,094,754
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61.40%
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59
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Smith Company (Washington)
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$2,292,745
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$1,039,318
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44.80%
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58.9
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* Half of all fund-raising campaigns provided more than this percentage; half provided less.
Note: Some companies may operate under different names in other states.
SOURCE: Data from California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Copyright © 2001 The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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