FakeCharity

A FakeCharity is generally considered to describe any organisation that calls itself a charity (in that its funds should come from people voluntarily providing contributions) and is generally registered with - in the UK - the Charities Commission or the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, that obtains some, most or all of its funds from sources to which taxpayers (involuntarily) contribute.

While there is no one-true-definition of what differentiates a FakeCharity from a real charity, the two prevailing definitions are

• "derives more than 10% of its income—and/or more than £1 million—from the government, while also lobbying the government" when describing UK charitiees
• any registered charity that accepts any form of tax-payer funding (either direct from government, or via grants from government funded organisations such as the NHS)

The main point being that these organisations are receiving money that was not voluntarily given.

Another form of FakeCharity exists - those that aren't registered, and are created with the express intention of defrauding the public who give money - this meaning is generally not the one meant when the term is used on this site.