More Than Half of Donated Money to N.Y. Charities Using Telemarketers Goes to Telemarketers

If you donated to a Central New York charity through a telemarketer, the organization you were trying to help received less than half of your money. Telemarketers kept more than 50 percent of the money they raised. A new report released Wednesday by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman found that Central New York charities did among the worst when it came to keeping money raised by for-profit telemarketers. On average, Central New York organizations kept just 39.6 percent of the money people donated, according to the report, called Pennies for Charity.