A List of High Asset Charities That May Not Need Your Donations

Oct 27, 2025

Charitable giving in the U.S. has held remarkably steady for decades, hovering around 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) since the mid-20th century. That means the size of the giving...

Animal Charities: Ratings Versus Reality

Oct 21, 2025

Large-scale charity rating platforms often rely on self-reported “impact” results and automated data extraction from unaudited tax filings without examining the accuracy, consistency, comparability, or completeness of this information. CharityWatch...

Flying High on Donor Dollars: CharityWatch Investigates Animal Rescue Flight Charities

Oct 9, 2025

Animal rescue flight charities portray themselves as lifelines for pets at risk of euthanasia in overcrowded shelters, tugging at potential donors’ heartstrings with powerful images of volunteer pilots airlifting dogs,...

D.E.L.T.A. Rescue Files for Bankruptcy, Appeals $6.7 Million Legal Judgment

Oct 9, 2025

D.E.L.T.A. Rescue (short for “Dedication & Everlasting Love to Animals”) entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court on May 9, 2025. This means that a judge is supervising the charity’s...

Questionable “4-Star” Rating From Data Aggregator: CharityWatch Flags Concerns About Keepers of the Wild

Oct 2, 2025

CharityWatch has identified multiple concerns with the financial reporting and governance practices of Keepers of the Wild based on our review of its fiscal 2023 IRS Form 990 and audited...

CharityWatch Rating of Dog Is My CoPilot

Aug 14, 2025

CharityWatch is unable to provide a letter grade rating for Dog Is My CoPilot for its fiscal year 2024 because the organization reports that it did not have an independent...

Pilots N Paws: CharityWatch Rating

Aug 13, 2025

Pilots N Paws is a South Carolina-based charity whose stated mission is to provide “a web based forum in which individuals and organizations can communicate for the purpose of transporting...

Top-Rated Charities Providing Aid for the Central Texas Flooding Victims

Jul 8, 2025

CharityWatch announces a list of legitimate, efficient, and accountable charities involved in efforts to aid and assist victims of the July 4th central Texas flooding catastrophe. As of July 8th,...

CharityWatch Investigates: Millions in Missing Donations and a $6.7 Million Legal Judgment Against Large Animal Sanctuary

Apr 24, 2025

Leo Grillo officially founded the animal rescue charity Dedication and Everlasting Love to animals (D.E.L.T.A. Rescue) over four decades ago in 1981. Its website states that the sanctuary is home...

Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary CharityWatch Rating

Mar 7, 2025

The stated mission of the Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary is “to provide a sanctuary and place of rehabilitation for animals who have been used in laboratory research while fostering compassion...

CharityWatch Rating of Castleton Ranch Horse Rescue

Feb 12, 2025

The information in this post is current as of February 12, 2025. CharityWatch periodically updates our charity ratings as more current financial information becomes available. The most up-to-date information for...

Some of the Worst Charities in America 2024

Dec 10, 2024

To help you with your year-end giving decisions CharityWatch has put together this list of some of our lowest-rated charities. Ratings are based on how efficiently each charity raises donations...