Update: F-Rated Charities Receive Top Ratings & Seals

Oct 25, 2024

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...

Over $2 Billion in Sexual Abuse Claims Expenses Reported as a “Program” Expense

Oct 7, 2024

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...

“Nonprofits Might Game the System,” Economics Professor Says of Charity Navigator’s Star Ratings

Jun 27, 2023

"Charity Navigator Stars Can Boost Donations -- but Nonprofits Might Game the System."

Taxpayer Subsidized PPP Funds Went to Charities with Failing Grades

May 25, 2022

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...

Animal Protection Charity Issued a Decade of ‘F’ Ratings

Aug 12, 2021

"'Donors may as well just skip the donation to SPCAI and put the money directly into the pockets of its professional fundraisers,' Styron [said]. 'It would make little difference.'"

The GuideStar Exchange Program: Sometimes Gold, Silver and Bronze Mean Less Than You Think

May 1, 2014

If we see a gold insignia associated with a charity, that charity must be a highly worthy one to which to donate, right? Unfortunately, this may not always be true,...

The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

Apr 1, 2012

You open your mailbox one morning and there inside is a letter from a charity asking for your support. You read it and are inspired to donate, writing out a...

F Rated Charity and Its Fundraiser Should Be Put on a Leash

Apr 1, 2011

If you are an animal lover you may have received a t-shirt or other unsolicited gift from SPCA International (SPCAI), a charity that states its mission as "advancing the safety...