Yeah what siberia37 said...

Many of these organizations, mostly the law enforcement and firefighter associations have no connection whatsoever to the organization/department they claim to be collecting for. Here in Texas there was a DPS association a few years ago that was exposed on one of those "Channel X on your side" features. Kind of pisses off the LE guys, too.

Just as with any donation, research them first if you really want to know where your dollar goes.