That foundation isn't exempt from scrutiny in the same way as EV is, ie it's not registered as a "religion".

Consequently, Rawat will have to publish accounts for this exercise. No doubt they'll be squeaky clean, but it leads to the inevitable questions, "why is he going to so much trouble?" and "what's in it for him?"

Other than that, I posted the link 'cos I thought it useful and interesting to see how well (or badly) some of the better-known charities perform when it comes to value-for-giving.

Incidentally, the following should be noted by all who have yet to donate towards the relief fund:

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Law enforcement agencies have warned of various on-line scams that exploit the public's interest in helping victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, from attempts to siphon donations to imbedding Trojans in the computers of visiting net users.

False websites have been established that pretend to be legitimate relief organisations asking for donations one of which contains an imbedded Trojan exploit that can infect a visitor's computer with a virus if accessed. Spam has been sent that offers, for a fee, to locate loved ones who may have been a disaster victim; or that requests that money be deposited in overseas banks to support the tsunami relief effort.

There have also been variations on the Nigerian e-mail scam where unsolicited e-mails seek personal or financial information in a purported effort to retrieve large amounts of inheritance funds tied up in relation to the tsunami disaster.