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A Guide to Giving - Part 2

Monday, February 25, 2008

Image of a cafeteria that serves the needy.

Trusting Your Charity


In the second part of this series about trends in the charitable giving industry, NBR correspondent Stephanie Dhue looks at the movement to increase accountability in the nonprofit sector.


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External Links/Articles*

  • Charity Navigator
    Charity Navigator is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people "make intelligent giving decisions by providing information on over five thousand charities and by evaluating the financial health of each of these charities."
  • Charity on Trial
    Charity on Trial: What You Need to Know Before You Contribute was authored by Doug White, who is interviewed in Stephanie Dhue's report.
  • Give.org
    Give.org is a website fo teh BBB Wise Giving Alliance. It offers "reports on charities and other organizations that solicit nationally."
  • GuideStar
    GuideStar gathers and publicizes information about nonprofit organization in an effort to increase transparency and help people make better charitable giving decisions. The organization's CEO, Bob Ottenhoff, is interviewed in Stephanie Dhue's report. The GuideStar website has an extensive, public database offering information about nonprofits.
  • National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA)
    NCNA "informs nonprofits about legislation and regulation affecting the nonprofit sector." It also offers technical assistance, research, and publications. This links to the Oversight & Accountability section of the NCNA website.
  • So Others Might Eat (SOME)
    So Others Might Eat is "an interfaith, community-based organization that exists to help the poor and homeless of our nation's capital." The organization is profiled in Stephanie Dhue's report.
  • U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
    Senator Grassley (R - Iowa) is Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. One of his main issues is increasing accountability for tax-exempt organizations. This links to a May 29, 2007 press release issued by the senator's press office. It is titled, "Sen. Grassley Works to Build Confidence in Nonprofits with Greater Transparency."

    • *Clicking these external links will take you off the NBR web site on PBS.org. NBR has no affiliation with these sites.
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