NRA Executive Reaches Settlement With New York Attorney General on Eve of Trial

Jan 8, 2024

According to a January 5, 2024 press release by New York Attorney General (NY AG) Letitia James, “Attorney General James Announces Settlement with Former NRA [National Rifle Association] Senior Strategist...

Brett Favre’s Charitable Foundation Scrutinized Over Grants to Help Fund USM Volleyball Facility

Sep 29, 2022

Brett Favre's charitable foundation, Favre 4 Hope, is being scrutinized over grants it made over three years to help fund the University of Southern Mississippi's (USM) volleyball facility...

The Brett Favre Charity Controversy: Charities Are Not Piggy Banks For The Pet Projects of Their Founders

Sep 29, 2022

"Founding a charity to purportedly help breast cancer patients and underserved and disabled children, and then using it instead as a vehicle to funnel funds to a volleyball facility that...

I’m Not Here To Make Friends

Apr 22, 2022

Exposing the truth about wasteful and unethical practices in the charity world sometimes means not being universally liked. Unlike charity trade associations and other industry insiders whose priority is to...

Charity Con Artist Steals Oregon Woman’s Property

Feb 18, 2022

High empathy people make the perfect targets for charity scammers. Hear one woman's story about losing 30 acres of her land...

Concerns Raised Over $60 Million in Black Lives Matter Funds

Feb 2, 2022

"'Like a giant ghost ship full of treasure drifting in the night with no captain, no discernible crew, and no clear direction,' CharityWatch Executive Director Laurie Styron said of BLM."

Gary Sinise Foundation Regains Its Top-Rated Status

Dec 30, 2021

As previously reported by CharityWatch, Gary Sinise Foundation was the victim of over $1 million in wire fraud...

Should I Donate To The Salvation Army?

Dec 28, 2021

When deciding whether or not to support the Salvation Army, donors should consider 4 things: (1) Transparency (2) Financial Efficiency (3) Shared Values (4) Ability to take a tax deduction...

Ratings of Small and Local Charities

Aug 25, 2021

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. 

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...

Fundraisers for ‘F’ Rated Charities Hit with a Combined $170.2 Million in Legal Judgments

May 19, 2021

In separate actions in January 2021 and September 2020, the FTC joined forces with state charity regulators across the country to crack down on the predatory fundraising practices of for-profit...

CharityWatch Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Support of Charitable Nonprofits

Apr 22, 2021

(Updated April 29, 2021) In a case heard on April 26th, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) debated the merits and constitutionality of a limited disclosure rule...