Are charities businesses?

>>1305309
Yes.

If I am correct in most countries you can pay yourself a wage to a degree with no taxs.

Charities do what the government should do but don't so they get little cool benfits.

>>1305309
Yes, quite ironically they often prove to be some of the most profitable organizations.

>>1305315
>>1305316
but do they actually help whatever cause they are supposed to provide for or is it mostly a scam?

>>1307337
most charities are mostly scams profiting off rubes

remember the earthquake in haiti? the red cross raised 500m and built only 6 houses. the wounded warrior charity raised 800m and spent most of it on "overhead" and salaries instead of helping veterans.

>>1307360
cant tell if sarcasm or hyperbole

>>1307337
They help, but not as much as the general public would think. As with all large organizations, there is a lot of resource wastage. And quite a significant sum goes towards paying its executive's salaries as well.

Some, like mentioned by >>1307360
, are outright scams. Think the 'ribbon' charities.