F-Rated Charities Receive Top Ratings & Seals CharityWatch has identified many F-rated charities that receive top ratings and seals from other raters; Charity Navigator and Candid, respectively. Charity Name...
When encountering charity ratings pie charts, and program percentages in charity fundraising and marketing materials or elsewhere, donors are encouraged to be cautious and take steps to understand how this...
"Charity Navigator Stars Can Boost Donations -- but Nonprofits Might Game the System."
Many highly inefficient charities with histories of very low program spending and "F" ratings from CharityWatch received taxpayer subsidized PPP funds that could have been better utilized by other, much...
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...
(Updated May 18, 2022) CharityWatch has been keeping an eye on Planet Aid, a charity known for its ubiquitous clothing collection boxes, for many years. This charity consistently reports low...
(Illustration credit: Brad Yeo for Barron's) Barron’s is urging donors "to be as rigorous in vetting nonprofits for accounting chicanery as you are with public companies trading on the stock exchanges."...
(Updated Nov 07, 2019) "Alleged cult leader plays shell game with US foreign aid" is the title of The Center for Investigative Reporting's in-depth investigation into Planet Aid, broadcast in...
When I founded the American Institute of Philanthropy 14 years ago, I often said that there is a vacuum of independent information available to help donors make giving decisions. Now...
