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Of nearly $6 million raised by a professional fundraiser on behalf of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police since 2003, the FOP collected $1.5 million.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charities in the Carolinas are making money when they hire professional fundraisers to solicit on their behalf, but millions of dollars in donations never make it to the intended organizations and donors are likely unaware.

A WCNC Charlotte analysis of public records found when nonprofits hire professional fundraisers to solicit on their behalf, most of the time, those private companies collect more money than the actual charities that hire them.

“There are good professionals in this area and then there are organizations or groups of people or individuals who are either excessive in their fees or just not efficient in delivering services,” North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said. “I think most people want their money to go as far as it can to support that charity as opposed to the overhead.”

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