Unlike some GIK charities that trumpet their activities hoping to get cash donations, Operation Compassion makes no big fundraising appeals to the public, seeks little publicity and long has operated out of the public eye.
Aside from GIK issues, word on the charitable street is that another topic of interest is paid professional fundraisers running direct-mail and telephone solicitation operations who keep most of what they raise as their fee, perhaps with the donors none the wiser.