Ever wondered what CEOs at nonprofits make? According to Charity Navigator’s 2016 Compensation Study, executives from America’s leading charities earned a median salary in the low to mid six figures. The study is based on 2014 tax information gathered from 4,587 charities. Charities included in the study reported at least $500,000 in donations and more […]
Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity analyzer, has just released a list of 35 fake charities. None of these charities are registered as 501(c)(3)s, making their public donation solicitations illegal. Unfortunately, this also means that any donations made to these charities are not tax deductible. In most cases, once the donation has been made, there […]
Charity Navigator is a website that ranks charities based on their financial transparency and accountability. Below is a list of ten charities that consistently receive the lowest rating the website has to offer, meaning they perform far below industry standards in a variety of areas. National Veterans Services Fund: Only one quarter of the organization’s […]
You want to put your money to good use, and you want to help people, but there are a lot of charities out there, and figuring out how, or who, to give your money can be daunting. Luckily, Charity Navigator is here to help. Itself a non-profit, Charity Navigator researches and evaluates other charities along […]
As we saw last year with Superstorm Sandy, in the wake of tragedy we see two sides of the coin: incredibly generous people and unfortunately greedy ones. After Sandy hit last year, millions of dollars were “donated” with good intentions to charities that ended up being scam organizations. All that money, intended for victims who […]
Charity Navigator is a website for philanthropic people to investigate whether a charity is financially sound, has accountability and is transparent with donors. The aim of Charity Navigator is to create a more efficient way of charitable giving, and provide a place for donors to monitor the progress of organizations they report. The organization uses […]
As Americans, we love to give. As such, thousands and thousands of charities have cropped up, and they have become hard to sift through. Enter Charity Navigator, a non-profit organization that evaluates charities. Charity Navigator would like to help people give and help the charities receive. They find great charities that are working effectively, and they connect these […]