Find a charity you can trust
November 12, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under holidays
During the holidays gifts to charity in others names is becoming more and more popular. It’s a nice gift too, especially if you pick something your friend or family member is passionate about. However, while there are indeed many good charities out there to donate too, there are also plenty you can trust OR charities who have to spend so much on administration or advertising, that their actual charity gets the short end of the stick.
To find a real honest to goodness charity and to find out how much money goes to the cause you can visit Charity Navigator.
Charity Navigator makes finding the perfect charity easier. The organization rates charities by evaluating two broad areas of financial health, their organizational efficiency and their organizational capacity. They use performance categories to rate each area then issue an overall easy to browse star rating. The rating will show you how efficient the charity is at managing their donations. Plus you can learn how the charity is planning to grow their services over time.
If you’re a registered user you can access a charity comparison feature but even as an unregistered user you can browse charities. There’s also many cool extras like top ten lists, Q&A, articles about charities, and videos.
If you’re giving the gift of charity this holiday season, then Charity Navigator should be your first stop before purchasing.
[image via Charity Navigator]
