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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: August 2024 Expires: August 2026

Charity Navigator

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

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299 Market Street, Suite 250
Saddle Brook, NJ, 07663

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Charity Navigator meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to make impactful giving easier for all."

Year, State Incorporated:
2000, NJ

Charity Navigator aims to empower donors by providing them free access to data, tools, and resources to guide philanthropic decision-making. The website on which the ratings are hosted also provide nonprofits with a platform to raise awareness and funds. The organization reports that its database has more than 1.6 million U.S. registered nonprofits, with over 208,000 nonprofits evaluated through the Encompass Rating System. The Encompass Rating System, launched in July 2020, provides donors with evaluations of charity performance via four beacons: finance and accountability, impact and results, leadership and adaptability, and culture and community. Charity Navigator’s ratings inform the curation of lists of charities addressing causes that people care about. The organization reports that between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023, site visitors donated more than $38,000,000 to over 26,000 nonprofits through Charity Navigator’s Giving Basket.

For the year ended June 30, 2023, Charity Navigator's program expenses were:

Charity ratings: $7,064,291

Total Program Expenses: $7,064,291

Chief Executive
Michael Thatcher, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$337,160

Chair of the Board
Hope Lyons

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Consultant

Board Size
14

Paid Staff Size
36

*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio

Fundraising costs were 14% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $5,996,196, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Charity Navigator's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
Contributions and support $5,478,989
In-kind contributions $517,207
Realized and unrealized gains on investments $507,813
Data sale $13,672
Dividends and interest $139,002
Total Income $6,656,683

Programs: 80% Fundraising: 10% Administrative: 11%

Total Income $6,656,683
Total expenses: $8,861,268
  Program expenses $7,064,291
  Fundraising expenses $844,390
  Administrative expenses $952,587
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-2,204,585
Beginning Net Assets $10,982,730
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $8,778,145
Total Liabilities $742,936
Total Assets $9,521,081

Note: According to Charity Navigator's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023, the organization received in-kind contributions totaling $517,207 in the form of donated advertising ($497,707), donated goods ($10,000), and donated professional services ($9,500).

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance