They keep calling me even though I never answer.

breast cancer prevention fund

Received 13 calls in one day from this number. And looking back on my CID. I see they have called several times a day for days on end.  I finally blocked their number

Watch this KOMO TV Seattle investigative report http://www.komonews.com/news/local/133675028.html if you have any doubt.

Are you f****ng stupid? are you aware the program expenses has to require the pay of the people who are working the phones? every single organization in this country who raises money for causes has a precent for program expenses, and every organization pays its employs out of the program expenses. If an organization posts that its program expenses are 95% it doesn't mean 95% of money raised goes to the cause, its not free to run those kinds of organizations. you would have to me a god damn dumb a** to believe that. Every non-profit, every organization, every charity has to leave room to pay their employs among all the other costs it takes to run a business of that nature. if it was a scam why would any of the money be sent out at all? why would there be women being helped across the country who wouldn't be otherwise? think about that before opening you mouth next time. it might actually make you sound intelligent instead of dumb s***.

Are you f****ng stupid?

i have give breast cancer prevention fund money for many years, and they ask me again, lucky i check website this time, find out this is a fraud.

I want to address the message from Anne (who I would guess works for BCPF) claiming that 90% of money donated goes to progam services.  DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE NUMBERS!  Although it is true that BCPF reports these numbers to the WA Sec of State Charity office, there are some important facts you need to know about them:

1.  BCPF has a 10 yr exclusive contract with Legacy Telemarketing Corporation (LTC) to do all of their telephone outreach which includes fundraising and program services.  The latter is simply reminding women over 40 to get a yearly mammogram and providing a phone number to their state health department - that's it, they don't schedule or pay for mammograms.  This is a very lucrative contract that resulted in BCPF paying LTC nearly $2.9M out of the $3.6M total funds raised in 2009 acording to their own auditor's report.  That's 80% going to the telemarketing company and not women who need but can't pay for mammograms.  Only 18% ($0.6M) went to grants for funding mammograms.  

2. So who is LTC and why are they the beneficiary of such a lucrative fundraising contract?  It turns out LTC is co-owned by BCPF's own president, James Paton which should sound immediate alarm bells that something is fishy.  A review of BCPF's 2009 Form 990 tax filing reveals he was not paid any compensation by BCPF for his services as chief officer.  However, don't cry for him just yet - when you do the math it appears the owner profit share from the nearly $3M paid by BCPF is in the neighborhood of $0.5M - $1M, likely greater than the $600,000 paid out for mammogram grants.    

3.  Given these facts, how can BCPF claim that 90% of expenses goes towards program services and less than 10% to fundraising, a figure that even the most efficient charities rarely achieve?  The answer is highly questionable accounting black magic.  According to their 2009 annual report, BCPF made 2M phone calls to random homes in WA, CA, TX, and FL.  Their stated mission is help women age 40 and over prevent breast cancer.  Applying basic US demographics, 70% of the calls reached a houshold that is not eligible to receive program services either because the call was answered by a male, or by a female under age 40.  However, these calls still include a fundraising solictation.  Of the remaining, in 25% of calls they they conduct both program services and fundraising and in 5% (women over 40 without health insurance), they leave off the fundraising solicitation.  This means they conduct fundraising in 95% of calls.  

So how can they claim fundraising is only 10% of expenses?  Believe it or not, they take the sample telemarketing script (about 300 words) and count only the number of words in the following script: "We also pay for mammograms for uninsured women.  Mammograms cost about $90.  We are asking folks if they can help 2 women at $180? " as being allocated for fundraising.  That comes out to just under  10% of the total word count and they use this fact to claim that they provide 90% to program services.  The problem with this method is that it assumes the same script is read to all callers when in fact this is not the case and in the vast majority of calls (70%) the breast cancer exam info is skipped in entirety and only a fundraising pitch is given.  Secondly, since the telemarketers have donation quotas they must meet to keep their job, they frequently go off script for additional fundraising content in order to gain trust and secure a donation.  In my case the telemarketer talked for well over 5 minutes about how BCPF was a local charity that would help local patients and that my money would be only used to provide free mammograms, which as it turns out is far from the truth).  

How is this legal you might ask?  BCPF claims they are using accepted accounting standards (SOP 98-2) which allows for physical unit allocation of joint costs.  However this method was intended to be used for physical deliverables that are identical for all recipients and can be measured (i.e. amount of print space in brochure allocated to program vs fundraising).  Applying this same method to a telemarketing sample script that is highly dynamic and frequently deviated from would be appear to stretch the use of this model well beyond what is reasonable.  Ultimately the IRS will need to make this determination and when they do it's highly doubtful they will see things the same way as BCPF's accountant does.            

BOTTOM LINE - although BCPF has so far managed to fool both the authorities (IRS, WA Sec of State) and generous donors to the tune of nearly $15M since 2005, DON'T LET THEM FOOL YOU!  Of every dollar donated, only about 15 cents goes to providing free mammograms and 80 cents goes directly to telemarketing company.  You are far better off donating your money to well established cancer charities like the American Cancer Society or Susan G. Komen Foundation.      

If you like millions of others have received a call from BCPF and have been mislead into making a donation thinking your money would go directly to funding a worthy cause like providing free mammograms PLEASE help put an end to this!  Just take a minute to fill out an online complaint form to the WA State Attorney General Office through this link: https://fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhandler/ago/ComplaintForm.aspx

No message from caller - caller ID shows  'unas'.  Never heard of them before

BCPF - Breast Cancer Prevention Fund
Annoying how frequent they call.

They only show their initials. That says something about their lack of integrity.

My caller id shows "UNAS".  It's probably a telemarketing co.

Never answer.  Calls often.

I got a call today and the caller ID showed as UNAS as well.  Didn't pick it up.

UNAS at this number calls every few days but not even a computer seems to connect if I wait twice when I actually stayed on the line. After 35 secs or so, a click and the line is disconnected. I won't answer that one again.

Have received calls from BCPF EVERYDAY at least 3-5 times per day.  No one is on the line when answered.  This is driving me crazy!

CALLED ASKING FOR ME BY MY FIRST NAME.  WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE A SCAM AND A FRAUD, THE WOMAN BECAME IRATE, SNIPPY AND ULTIMATELY HUNG UP ON ME.  THIS IS MY 4TH. CALL FROM THEM.  THEY ARE ALSO USING 209 800-1162.  
BOTH THEIR NUMBERS ARE NOW BLOCKED!!!

- - - - TO EVERYONE - - - -
Fact 1 - the DNC list CLEARLY does not work!  Everyone knows this...or should know this!
Fact 2 - filing a complaint with the FCC does not work!  A total waste of time.  Done that.
Fact 3 - having an unlisted phone will not help you.
Fact 4 - asking/begging telemarketers to take you off their call list ? you?ll get laughed at!
Fact 5 - no "class action" suits are filed and certainly, this is not a remedy.   Some of these telemarketers are in other countries and out of the jurisdiction of the USA.
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I have had the same home number and the same business phone number for over 15 years and my home and my business lines (both published) seem to be on every imaginable call list.  I bought a Panasonic call blocking phone for my home and I bought a Uniden call blocking telephone for my business.
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The following link will bring up the Washing State Secretary's Website which shows the information below for BCPF. Also, if you go to their website it has links for their financial records since inseption. As you can see - this shows that 90% of fund went BACK TO THE WOMEN who need the help now more than ever.


http://www.sos.wa.gov/charities/search_detail.aspx?charity_id=22013


The following financial information has been provided to the Office of the Secretary of State by the above-named organization. Figures are for the organization's fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2009.

According to the financial information shown at below, this organization devoted 90% of its total expenses to program services during the year reported.


Beginning Assets

$304,963


Revenue

$3,327,081



Program Services

$3,219,250



Total Expenses

$3,576,916



Ending Assets

$640,639



Breast Cancer Prevention Fund annual reports page:

http://www.breastcancerpreventionfund.org/other.htm

When I spoke to a Fundraising Coordinator from Breast Cancer Prevention Fund (BCPF) - I warned her that I always research any non-profit before I donate.
Like a previous poster, I found in 2009, BCPF raised $3.3M dollars but only $660,000 went toward breast cancer prevention (less than 20%); and over $2.2 million was paid out to Legacy Telemarketing as a sub-contractor.  James Patton - a member of the BOD of BCPF is also the President of Legacy Telemarketing.  
Shame on this organization for it's horrific conflict of interest and bilking well intentioned citizens out of millions of dollars they thought was supporting a worthy cause.

I was a fool to donate last year, and when contacted again this year, I checked them out and found this web site....will be more careful in the future.

They call me daily, sometimes twice and hang up when i answer. Next time i use my standard "im on the DNC list" and press and hold 9. They hate that

Getting constant calls from BCPF even after requesting for calls to stop.
Now calling from 1-2098001162.

I received a 'hang up' that registered on my CID at some point while I was gone and the caller was 'BCPF.'  The phone number was 253-666-7624.  It seems that 'Breast Cancer Prevention Fund likes to 'hit and run.'  I don't answer the phone unless ID indicates that it's someone that I want to talk to.  If ID tells me that the caller is unknown or is some acronym that I don't recognize, it's as good as nonexistent.

Stop calling me. I registered with the "do not call" No. and still get your calls.  I am not giving to your fake organisation.

BCPF keeps calling but will not answer when I say hello.  They have been doing this for months and it is getting very tiresome.

I just recieved a call from BCPF wanted a donation to help women who cannot afford a mamogram. I did not donate because I do not donate over the phone for anything. Seems as though I was right by some of the posting from last year.

I got call from this number at 12:45 pm thinking it was a friend from San Diego trying to get ahold of me. said hello twice and got a hang up. I think I have gotten calls from this number before and just didnt research it.

please quit calling me. i'm not going to contribute money to anybody who solicits me on the 'phone.
i only contribute to a charity when i feel like it and to those i respect. Telemarketers of any vein do not have my respect.

Got a call today (11/20/2010) from "BCPF" with caller ID# 619-374-7701 @4pm California time, no voice on other end. I waited 10 seconds and then hung up.  Some highly annoying fools wasting people's time.

Number has called several times; disconnect upon answering. 11/20/2010 @12n PT. Orange County, Southern California.