Jul 21, 2013
There are still a few charities that do telephone solicitation, though they're usually charities of dubious reputation like AICR (American Institute for Cancer Research) and the Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation (look them up on charitynavigator.org, you'll be horrified). These "charities" farm their telephone solicitation out to firms that specialize in telemarketing. Since these firms call on behalf of many different charities they often set their Caller ID for something generic like "Charity" or "Cancer".