Charity Navigator (2024)

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You can use Charity Navigator to find and support thousands of charities that align with your passions and values. We use data from the IRS, partners, and the charities themselves to power our unbiased ratings so that you can give with confidence.

Some charities allocate 60% of donations to their cause, preserving a large portion of funds to pay staff high salaries, while others allocate 95% of their goods and funds to people in need.

St. Joseph's Indian School was recently named a “2023 Top-Rated Nonprofit” for the seventh year running by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews of charities and nonprofits. President Mike Tyrell says the recognition acknowledges the entire organization's hard work and the faithful support of donors.

The Salvation Army cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Measurement methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on ...

In reality, New Era was nothing more than a Ponzi scheme that, at the time of its collapse, was considered the biggest financial scandal in the history of American charities. Victims lost $135 million to New Era over its five and a half years of operation.

Your gift will help save kids' lives and help drive the research to cure childhood cancer. We're proud that 82 cents of every dollar received goes to support the treatment, research and future needs of St. Jude. Treatments invented at St.

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ALSAC and St. Jude have four-star ratings for accountability and finance from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator. The rating is based on an assessment of financial efficiency, sustainability and trustworthiness.

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In 2010, a lawsuit filed against St. Joseph's reached the South Dakota Supreme Court. In it, eight former students alleged abuse by specific named priests and staff at the school in the 1970s, when the students were minors. One of the alleged abuser priests has since died.

There are resources that will allow you to check if a charitable organization is legitimate. Visit the California Registry of Charitable Trusts website (http://oag.ca.gov/charities), call (916) 445-2021 or send inquiries to P.O. Box 903447, Sacramento, CA 94203-4470.

As a result, Charity Navigator, a 501 (c)(3) public charity itself, depends on support from individuals, corporations, and foundations that believe we provide a much-needed service to America's charitable donors.