What charity give the highest percentage of their proceeds to their cause?

Question

We are constantly beseiged with phone calls from charities, and would like to know the best and the worst to give what little $ we have for charity.

Also- which as the richest CEO's, etc.?

Answer 1

Catholic Charities give 93-95% of what they take in to the causes they are helping.

Answer 2

I have heard that in general, churches use the money more wisely and generously for charitable causes.  I don't have conclusive evidence of that, but I have heard it from fairly reliable sources. Doing some real research would answer that for sure.  I  also recently heard that that was (and is still) the case for Katrina victims.

It makes sense too, because you seldom see a priest or preacher driving around in a Lexus.  (Of course, there are the money-grubbing phonies who cast a bad light on the real good people, but I'm talking about the general rule, not the exceptions.)  And I do see a LOT of church groups doing good things...i.e. volunteering.  

BTW, I've also heard that the people to be MOST cautious of are the phone solicitors.  Many of them are just scams.