BBB Charity Standards Revision Project

BBB Wise Giving Alliance seeks to produce a new version of the BBB Charity Standards that provides a more streamlined set of standards but continues to incorporate the fundamental accountability concepts of transparency, oversight, accuracy, respect, and integrity.

We welcome donors, charities, and others to offer comments and recommendations on the BBB Charity Standards by visiting this link.

Press Release
Project Background & Objectives

BBB Charity Standards Revision Advisory Committee

We are grateful for the following panel of advisors from charities and other experts in philanthropy.

Co-Chairs

• Lysa Ratliff, CEO, KABOOM!

• Jon Pratt, Former CEO, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; Board Member, BBB Wise Giving Alliance

Committee Members

• Laurie Bertrand, President & CEO, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin

• James Betts, Colonel, National Chief Secretary, The Salvation Army – National Office

• Kitty Block, President & CEO, Humane World for Animals

• Kwi Brennan, AVP, Development Ops & Outreach, EarthJustice

• Sara Hall, Chief Legal Officer, ALSAC / St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

• Mari Kuraishi, President, Jessie Ball duPont Fund

• Barry Jesinoski, CEO & National Adjutant, Disabled American Veterans (DAV)

• Karin Kunstler Goldman, Deputy Bureau Chief, Charities Bureau, NY State Attorney General’s Office

• Mark Leon, CFO, Alzheimer’s Association

• Candice Meth, CPA, Partner, National Leader, Not-for-Profits, EisnerAmper LLP

• Barbara O’Reilly, Principal, Windmill Hill Consulting; Board Member, BBB Wise Giving Alliance

• Don Ragona, Director of Development & House Counsel, Native American Rights Fund

• Woodrow Rosenbaum, Chief Data Officer, GivingTuesday

• Claire Rosenzweig, President & CEO, BBB Serving Metropolitan New York

• Lauren Sullivan, Chief of Staff, American Red Cross

• Nicholas Tedesco, President & CEO, National Center for Family Philanthropy

• Sally Tyler, Charity Review Manager, BBB of Greater Houston and South Texas

• Sam Worthington, Senior Fellow, Forus; Former CEO, InterAction