On the evening of December 10th – morning of December 11th, several deadly late-season tornadoes caused devastating destruction and fatalities across portions of the Southern United States and Ohio Valley. The...
"It just becomes this cyclical cesspool of fundraising," says Laurie Styron in her interview with Chris Parker for The Easy Prey Podcast when discussing a common charity accounting trick known as...
"There's just a huge chasm at times between what a charity is saying about itself and what the finances reveal it is really doing."
Scammers and unethical, high-pressure fundraisers use a lot of psychological tricks and emotional manipulation to corner you into making impulsive donating decisions.
Before donating to charity, many donors want to know what portion of their donation the nonprofit will spend on programs versus overhead. And this makes sense. Charities and nonprofit fundraisers often...
When we firmly say “no” to charity scammers, we can say “yes” to efficient and effective charities.
Don't be overly impressed by a few anecdotal examples of what a charity claims to have accomplished.
The difference between a charity scam and a legitimate, but highly inefficient charity may only be 1%.
The Golden Rule tells us to treat others as we would like to be treated, not as they would like to be treated. These two things are not always the...
It's important to understand how smaller charities differ from larger ones so that their financial efficiency and governance can be judged in the appropriate context.
Executive Director, Laurie Styron, welcomes you to learn more about CharityWatch's "A+" to "F" ratings.
Your $10 donation to an efficient, effective, and legitimate charity will make a bigger impact in forwarding the cause you want to support than your $1,000 donation to a scammer...
