Nonprofit Inquiry Reignites Debate on Fundraising Costs - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Despite their different missions, the Disabled Veterans National Foundation, a veterans charity, and SPCA International, an animal charity, have a lot in common.
They have both received F’s from CharityWatch, the charity-ratings group, because most of the money they raise from the public pays for direct-mail operations.
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Showing posts with label NPCharityRating. Show all posts
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Administrative costs: The worst way to judge a charity - latimes.com
Administrative costs: The worst way to judge a charity - latimes.com: Op-Ed
The worst way to judge a charity
Although low administrative costs could indicate prudence and sound judgment at a charity, but it could just as easily indicate inadequate staffing, insufficient salaries or, shall we say, fudging.
The worst way to judge a charity
Although low administrative costs could indicate prudence and sound judgment at a charity, but it could just as easily indicate inadequate staffing, insufficient salaries or, shall we say, fudging.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, November 28, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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 - 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.
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.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Donors Need a Better Way to Rate Charities - World View - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
Donors Need a Better Way to Rate Charities - World View - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "The Three Cups of Tea scandal has highlighted many of the problems that face the nonprofit world. More than 160 posts and articles have been written about the scandal.
Even so, one topic has received far too little attention: the wildly different scores that the Central Asia Institute, the nonprofit founded by the book’s author, Greg Mortenson, received from charity rating sites. Those big swings suggest that the rating systems we have in place today are much too weak to protect donors"
Even so, one topic has received far too little attention: the wildly different scores that the Central Asia Institute, the nonprofit founded by the book’s author, Greg Mortenson, received from charity rating sites. Those big swings suggest that the rating systems we have in place today are much too weak to protect donors"
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Charity Watchdogs
Charity Watchdogs: "Charity Watchdogs
With so many charities needing money, it's difficult to target the worthy ones.
Your best bet for gathering information is Form 990. That's the tax form nonprofits have to submit annually to the Internal Revenue Service. It gives information on their finances, expenses and programs. If an organization won't give you one, don't give to their cause; it's that simple.
Unfortunately, there isn't much official regulation of nonprofit organizations. The IRS is overwhelmed to the point that only a small percentage of Form 990s are scrutinized, and their information isn't always upfront."
With so many charities needing money, it's difficult to target the worthy ones.
Your best bet for gathering information is Form 990. That's the tax form nonprofits have to submit annually to the Internal Revenue Service. It gives information on their finances, expenses and programs. If an organization won't give you one, don't give to their cause; it's that simple.
Unfortunately, there isn't much official regulation of nonprofit organizations. The IRS is overwhelmed to the point that only a small percentage of Form 990s are scrutinized, and their information isn't always upfront."
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