The best bang for the Buck

If you're like me and I'm sure you are, you want the most out of each of your hard-earned dollars. That's especially true right now, or it should be, with so many requests being made for donations toward disaster relief.

You want to make sure when you donate money, that it is spent on the need you're hoping to help with, and not on a new limo for some fancy-pants executive who's primary concern seems to be is whether or not (s)he is having a bad-hair day, right?

So, how do you know?

In many cases, you don't.

How do you find out?

Forbes!

Yes, that well-known magazine of all matters financial and its November, 2004 evaluation of America's Most (And Least) Efficient Charities.