DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News: "Report: Dallas least charitable among large cities
Groups rated worst-run in nation argue report is inaccurate, unfair
11:42 AM CST on Wednesday, December 29, 2004
By KIMBERLY DURNAN / DallasNews.com
Dallas is the least charitable among the nation�s largest communities, and some of the city�s nonprofit organizations are among the worst run in the country, according to a watchdog group that rates charities on their efficiency in distributing donations.
To devise its rankings, Charity Navigator analyzed about 3,500 nonprofit groups, according to their federal tax-exempt filings. The organizations were graded on a scale of zero to four stars, taking into account factors such as administrative and fund-raising costs and program expenditures.
�We are evaluating them solely on the basis of their finances,� said Trent Stamp, executive director of Charity Navigator in Mahwah, N.J. �We don�t care about their ideology or philosophy. We look at their financial health. If you give them a buck, what will they do with it?� "
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