Charity Navigator

Charity Navigator
Formation2001 (2001)
FounderJohn Patrick Dugan
TypeNonprofit corporation
13-4148824[1]
Legal statusActive
PurposeCharity evaluation
HeadquartersSaddle Brook, New Jersey, U.S.
Official language
English
Michael Thatcher[2]
Chief Program Officer
Laura Andes[2]
Chief Relationship Officer
Kevin Scally[2]
Chief Admin Officer
Nancy Sadek[2]
Marie Wieck (Chair),[3] Michael Cooney (Vice Chair)[3]
Websitewww.charitynavigator.org

Charity Navigator is a charity assessment organization that evaluates hundreds of thousands of charitable organizations based in the United States, operating as a free 501(c)(3) organization.[4] It provides insights into a nonprofit's financial stability, adherence to best practices for both accountability and transparency, and results reporting.[4] It is the largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities in the United States.[5] It does not accept any advertising or donations from the organizations it evaluates.[6][non-primary source needed]

  1. ^ "Charity Navigator". Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Board and Staff". Charity Navigator.
  3. ^ a b "Board of Directors : Charity Navigator". Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Piper, Kelsey (October 16, 2020). "Which charities do the most good? Charity Navigator joins the effort to answer this crucial question". Vox.
  5. ^ "COVID relief drives record giving at Community Foundation; grants topped $87.5M in 2020". morristowngreen.com. February 16, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  6. ^ "Charity Navigator: About Us". Retrieved September 26, 2020.

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