Charity Navigator Goes To 100-Point Ratings System | The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

Charity Navigator Goes To 100-Point Ratings System | The NonProfit Times

It might be time to dig out that retainer and tuba from your high school yearbook picture. Charity watchdog Charity Navigator changed in Augustthe way it issues its ratings. While the organization has no plans to
move to a letter grade system, the new system is based on 100 points, similar to the school system and is more recognizable to users.

Watchdog Admits It Costs Money To Raise Money | The NonProfit Times

Watchdog Admits It Costs Money To Raise Money | The NonProfit Times: Watchdog Admits It Costs Money To Raise Money
By The NonProfit Times - August 6, 2013

“You’re here to accomplish a goal, and all sorts of expenses make that happen.” Those were the words of Art Taylor, president of Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance (WGA). “There is a preoccupation in the public domain about these ratios. We’ve always tried to point out that there are a variety of things donors should be concerned about. An organization’s financials are just one part.”

Charity Navigator 3.0: The Empirical Empire’s Death Star? - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Charity Navigator 3.0: The Empirical Empire’s Death Star? - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: Editor’s Note: The following essay, written by William Schambra, the director of the Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, is one part of a two-part point/counterpoint series. The other essay in this series, by Charity Navigator President and CEO Ken Berger, is available here.



The empire of empiricism – the kingdom of counting, the sultanate of statistics – continues its relentless march from conquest to conquest. Thanks to Charity Navigator, metrics is now poised to seize the commanding heights of the nonprofit sector, having long ago conquered and thoroughly colonized the land of philanthropy.