Washington Post Says Charities Strike Out

John Kelly's column in today's Washington Post takes on charities that share the names of their donors with other charities. The man mentioned in Kelly's column was deluged with mail from hundreds of charities. This would certainly turn anyone off of donating. He quotes Charity Navigator, a charity-rating Web site, as saying that charities selling or renting their donor lists to other charities is "common."

To set the record straight for anyone who is (rightfully) concerned about this:
The Animal Welfare League of Arlington never sells or rents information about our donors. You can read all about it in our Privacy Policy, but the bottom line is:
we don't share our donor information. Period.