Charity ratings (2026)

FAQs

What percent of donations actually go to charity? ›

Factors Affecting the Percentage of Donation. How much of your donations actually go to charity? Some charities allocate 60% of donations to their cause, preserving a large portion of funds to pay staff high salaries, while others allocate 95% of their goods and funds to people in need.

WWP has a four-star rating – the highest possible rating – from Charity Navigator. Charity Navigator's rating says, “You can give with confidence.” We are Better Business Bureau (BBB) accredited charity that has met all the organization's standards for accountability.

Your gift will help save kids' lives and help drive the research to cure childhood cancer. We're proud that 82 cents of every dollar received goes to support the treatment, research and future needs of St. Jude.

While the tendency to give is common, Republicans donate larger sums than Democrats. Overall giving levels rise as incomes grow for both groups, but Republicans give slightly more at each income level.

In 2022, the nonprofit organization in the U.S. with the highest paid CEO was Sentara Health, with an estimated salary of 33.22 million U.S. dollars. That year, seven of the top ten nonprofits with the highest paid CEOs belonged to the healthcare industry.

Trace commits his time and effort without receiving any financial compensation.

What was the scandal with the Wounded Warrior Project? ›

In 2015, the journalist Tim Mak reported for The Daily Beast that WWP was selling donor information to third parties and suing small charities using the phrase “wounded warrior” or logo silhouettes of soldiers; he also accused WWP of compensating its top officers overly generously.

This charity's score is 100%, earning it a Four-Star rating.

A new report from Altrata finds that ultra-high-net-worth individuals (those worth $30 million or more) now account for 38% of all individual giving in the world. Put another way, 400,000 people account for more than one-third of the world's charity. It's even more extreme when you look at billionaires.

The Red Cross is proud that an average of 90 cents of every dollar we spend is invested in delivering care and comfort to those in need. Each year, the generous support of donors like you enables our disaster workforce— 90% volunteers—to help millions of people in the U.S.

The 1% club is for businesses that give at least 1% of pre-tax profits to charity each year. That's what we see as generous. Above 0.5% is more than half way to generous. Below 0.25% and it becomes clear that however much you talk about it, giving to charity clearly isn't very important to you as a business.

Similarly, more people than ever reported donating to charity in 2021, rising to more than one in three (35%) individuals around the world. There was also an increase in volunteering to almost one in four people globally (23%), up from one in five in 2020 (19%).