The Best Charity-Rating Site

Here's the next item I wanted to cover from Kiplinger's "The Best List". Today, we're highlighting the best charity-rating site:

The Best Charity-Rating Site: Charity Navigator

Look up one of the more than 5,000 charities on this site and you'll find a breakdown by percentage of how much an organization spends on program costs, administrative expenses and fund-raising. Charities that spend less than one-third of their total budget to carry out their mission get a zero for efficiency. Charity Navigator also rates an organization's donor privacy policy, compares the charity's overall efficiency rating with its peers, and gives an example of an executive-level salary.

I LOVE Charity Navigator and use it quite frequently to do research on various charities I'm thinking of giving to. Here are some of my favorite four-star charities:

• Samaritan's Purse

• Compassion International

• World Vision

Comments

[Erich]

I've never heard of Charity Navigator until your post. It looks like a really useful and informative site. Thanks for sharing!

[Darren]

Once again, we thank you for your support of Samaritan's Purse. We are truly grateful. If you have any questions, please call us at 828-262-1980.

Darren Mullenix
Director of Development Operations
Samaritan's Purse

[FMF]

Darren -- Thanks for the note. Stop by this Sunday as I'll be doing a post about your Christmas catalog and how my family uses it to teach our kids about giving.