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Locks of Love is a Non-profit Charity based in the United States . The organization accepts donations of human hair and money, with the stated intention of making Wigs for needy children who have lost their hair due to a medical condition. REQUIREMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS To be eligible to receive a hairpiece, a child must:
Locks of Love does not provide all hairpieces free of charge. According to its website, prices for human-hair wigs are set on a sliding scale based on the recipient's family income. REQUIREMENTS FOR DONORS Locks of Love accepts donations from people of all ages, races, and nationalities. However, they do have some specific requirements for hair donations they accept.
TAX DEDUCTIONS As the hair is considered to be a body part and is analagous to blood, any hair donations are not Tax Deductible according to IRS guidelines but financial donations are deductible. {Link without Title} ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS The Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance report, valid through April 2008, states that Locks of Love meets all twenty of its "Standards for Charity Accountability." {Link without Title} According to the latest report available on the Charity Navigator site (Fiscal Year Ended 11/04), Locks of Love scored an overall rating of 68.11 out of 70 (“four stars”). These organizations seem to evaluate only the finances of charities. They do not have any comments on whether donated hair is used as donors expect, for wigs. They also don't evaluate sources of income in detail, so it is not possible to tell how much of Locks of Love's income is from the sale of donated hair. The Better Business Bureau reports that Locks of Love made $352,401 from "unusable material sales." SIMILAR CHARITIES
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