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A 2014 compliance report published by the Office of the
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non-profit organization. In 2015, a widely publicized report alleged that only 20% of proceeds were used to support charitable goals. News reports highlighted the fact that key staffers of Wheels for Wishes (formally, the "Car
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Donations to Wheels For Wishes benefit the Make-A-Wish
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were paid a total of $ 36 million by the charity from 2011 to 2014. At least one report went so far as to call its program "a misleading scam."
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