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Watchdog Group Adopts Change in Rating System - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Watchdog Group Adopts Change in Rating System

By Caroline Preston

The watchdog group Charity Navigator revamped its ratings system this week as part of a plan to move beyond evaluating charities based solely on their financial performance.

The Web site now places equal weight on a charity’s governance and openness about its operation sas it does on financial information.