There is no charge to charities for the accountability assessment.

The first step in accreditation is disclosing financial, governance, results reporting, and fundraising information to the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. This is accomplished by completing a password protected online questionnaire form.

While not all charities that disclose are able to meet all 20 of the BBB Charity Standards, BBB WGA will work with charities to help address issues raised in the evaluation. The charity will be informed about what actions it can take to amend findings brought to its attention.

A draft report detailing the evaluation conclusions is shared with the charity prior to posting on Give.org. This often provides an opportunity for the charity to clarify issues and amend findings before the report is done.

Overall, the process seeks to help charities strengthen practices while also developing a report to help donors make informed giving decisions.

The following infographic provides a summary of how the process works: