International Fellowship of Christians and JewsReviews of ifcj.org

"The Fellowship" IFCJ made two UNAUTHORIZED charges to my credit card in the amount of$300.00 reach ($600.00 total) and dispite multiple contact, thus far, they have refused to refund these UNAUTHORIZED charges. My credit card company is working on this.

With the CEO being paid almost $800,000 per year, and the others drawing down similar excessive-appearing salaries, I am suspicious of this organization. Information source - charitynavigator.org

My experience with IFCJ started a year ago when I made a $25 donation to support a box of food. Ever since this one-time donation, I have been hounded by email, text, phone, and mail to donate more. At first, I answered their phone calls and listened to their requests, but their agents would get pushy and almost demand that I donate. I asked them to remove my name from their call list 9 months ago, and they have still not stopped calling. Each time from a different phone number, but always the same demanding pitch to donate. I blocked their phone calls, emails, and text messages, but they just contacted me again from a different phone number. They sold my information, and I have been hounded by numerous other charities. How this organization can spend so much money on marketing schemes and pushy telemarketers while still fulfilling its charitable mission is beyond me.

For as long as this charity has been operating it is shameful they haven't built housing and hospitals for these people. There is no reason there is nothing permanent in place as this operation has grown fat and rich--yet they have not made a permanent difference. We see the same hungry, cold and weary people decade upon decade. Disappointed--and that includes the mega church wealthy who don't do anything other than take up space and receive offerings.

The company eats up 58% of the donations in expenses and I can see why. Beyond tge CEO'S $3/4 million salary, they hound folks like me with constant expensive mailers when all I vould v contribute was $25 sincerity on Social Security. I even called them when I made my 2nd $25 contribution on the condition I would no longer cebinundated with their mailers. I was assured I wouldn't. They lied. Their mission is outstanding but their stewardship is abysmal! I no longer participate!

Apparently they sell your information to other charity fund raisers. I get a plethora of mail requests every week. This has never happened before I signed up with IFCJ. I'm finding it unacceptable. I want to be removed from the mailing lists and am seriously considering canceling my donations to IFCJ. The CEO pulls down 700k a year salary. WTF????

Tried to cancel gifts and they kept taking them. Confirmed my cancellation but still took unauthorized donations from me. DO NOT DONATE to these people.

Miserable trying to cancel subscription. I sent three emails. Finally got through by phone today. They verified they had sent requests to appropriate department and that they just haven’t gotten to it. My credit card company has subsequently blocked them from charging me again and is submitting my request for refund of the last three payments. Never again.