Charity Ratings and Donor Resources | Charity Navigator (2024)

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What charity has the highest rating on Charity Navigator? ›

GuideStar: It is free for a nonprofit to be listed and to update its information. The site also offers search and data tools for a fee. Charity Navigator: There is no charge for charities or donors.

Eligible charities receive a zero to four-star star rating — this is determined by the weighted sum of the organization's individual beacon scores (0-100). Exceeds or meets best practices and industry standards across almost all areas. Likely to be a highly-effective charity.

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The Salvation Army cannot currently be evaluated by our Accountability & Finance methodology due to only having one year of electronically-filed IRS Form 990 data.

Charity Navigator participates in a consortium with other feedback experts and leading nonprofit infrastructure platforms to drive Constituent Feedback's advancement, promotion, and data collection. This organization's score of 85 is a passing score. The organization reported that it is implementing 7 Equity Practices.

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This charity's score is 100%, earning it a Four-Star rating. If this organization aligns with your passions and values, you can give with confidence.

Charity Navigator ratings

ALSAC and St. Jude have four-star ratings for accountability and finance from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator. The rating is based on an assessment of financial efficiency, sustainability and trustworthiness.

What religion are the Navigators associated with? ›

The Navigators is a worldwide Christian para-church organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The Navigators is an international, interdenominational Christian ministry established in 1933. We are a community of hundreds of thousands of everyday people who influence others for God's glory in our normal pathways of life.

Rating Information

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

Whistleblowers — including David Goudie, who spoke out against unsafe working conditions and was blamed for the devastating trash compactor incident — are often fired. A number of employees who have spoken out about safety issues, racism, macro/microaggressions, and worker theft have gotten the chop.

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.

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.