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BBB Wise Giving Alliance:
Sponsored by the Better Business Bureau, The BBB Wise Giving Alliance produces reports on approximately 1,300 nationally- soliciting charities, evaluating each against 20 accountability standards (such as solicitations, finances, oversight, etc.) Donors can access reports via the website’s search engine or by browsing its charity list. Additionally, reviews of more than 10,000 regionally-soliciting charities can be accessed by visiting the appropriate local BBB website.
Charity Navigator:
Charity Navigator examines tens of thousands of financial documents to assess the worthiness of more than 9,000 U.S. charities, both large and small. Visitors to the Charity Navigator site simply enter the name of the charity they wish to check out to receive a numbers-based rating that considers the charity’s financial health, accountability and transparency.
Charity Watch:
Charity Watch provides letter-grade ratings for charitable organizations based on a range of criteria including audited financial statements, annual reports, tax statements, and more. Ratings assess effectiveness and legitimacy. Site visitors can also find out about any reported instances of charity abuse. Donors can search charities by name or browse top-rated organizations by category.
GuideStar:
GuideStar provides information on over 1.8 million IRS-recognized tax-exempt organizations (nonprofits, community foundations, etc.) as well as thousands of faith-based nonprofits that do not require IRS registration. Basic information can be accessed instantly via the website’s search engine. Users can filter their searches by type of organization and geographic location. More detailed data is available, but requires (free-of-charge) registration.
Other similar online resources include GreatNonprofits and Philanthropedia
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