Nonprofit Closure Threatens Housing and Services for Thousands

Mar 30, 2026

A northeast Wisconsin anti-poverty nonprofit, Newcap, is preparing to shut down after more than 50 years of operations, citing serious financial challenges and the loss of a key government contract....

Celebrate Women’s History Month: Donate to a Top-Rated Charity

Mar 1, 2024

March is Women’s History Month. 

Celebrate Lunar New Year by Donating to a Top-Rated Charity

Feb 6, 2024

Happy Lunar New Year from CharityWatch! 

Giving Tuesday 2023

Nov 20, 2023

Giving Tuesday is November 28, 2023. View Top-Rated charities and learn how to avoid charity frauds and scams. 

Celebrate Summer 2023 with a donation to a CharityWatch Top-Rated Housing & Housing Equity or Hunger & Food Policy charity!

Jun 19, 2023

Happy Summer 2023 from CharityWatch! In celebration of summer why not consider a donation to a CharityWatch Top-Rated Housing & Housing Equity charity or a Hunger & Food Policy charity. 

Happy Father’s Day from CharityWatch!

Jun 15, 2023

In honor and celebration of Father’s Day, why not consider a donation to a CharityWatch Top-Rated charity.

Charity Rating for Invisible People

May 23, 2023

CharityWatch asked Invisible People questions about its financial reporting. As of May 22, 2023 the charity has not responded to our inquiries. 

Happy Mother’s Day from CharityWatch!

May 8, 2023

In honor and celebration of the special mother in your life, consider a donation to a CharityWatch Top-Rated charity. 

5 Steps For Informed Giving

Nov 22, 2022

Giving Tuesday is only a reminder. Every day is a good day to support the charitable causes that are important to you. Find a CharityWatch Top-Rated charity to support...

No Guarantee From Housing Nonprofit That Self-Help Homes Are “Habitable”

Oct 5, 2022

"Meaning, that if this charity decided that it wanted to help past grant recipients rectify some of these issues that they're having with their housing...I don't see anything in the...

Non-cash Donations Obscure How Efficiently A Charity Is Really Operating

Feb 8, 2022

A charity might spent 90% of your donation on fundraising and overhead costs, but by running large volumes of non-cash donations through its books, it can make itself appear to...

Invisible People

Aug 15, 2021

CharityWatch reached out to Invisible People via mail and email in July 2021 with several questions about its 2020 IRS Form 990 financial reporting. As of August 6, 2021, Invisible People has...