Claims made in charity solicitations and marketing materials that promise 100% of your donation will fund charitable programs certainly sound enticing as you consider which nonprofits will use your contributions...
CharityWatch issues a comprehensive report on its findings on the National Rifle Association and its related Foundation as the nation grapples with continued gun violence...
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...
Don't get scammed! Donate to legitimate and efficient charities aiding victims fleeing violence in Ukraine.
"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...
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...
A message from CharityWatch Executive Director, Laurie Styron: Many of us receive significantly more requests for charitable donations than we have the resources to fulfill. As we attempt to narrow down...
CharityWatch has different tools in our toolbox than the FTC and state charity regulators. As an independent charity watchdog organization, we are often able to warn donors about inefficient charities...
