I admit it. I am a planner. I plan everything from what I am going to focus on at work each day to what my family will have for dinner each week. A plan helps me focus. So naturally, I also like to create a plan and budget for my charitable giving. By budgeting and… Read more
The joint news release last month by Charity Navigator, Guidestar and others discouraging donors from using financial ratios to evaluate charities was welcome news. As an organization that has long tried to move donors away from preoccupation with the Program Expense ratio, Charities Review Council applauds the release. We also fully agree with the assertion… Read more
For the last 12 years, the current Accountability Standards® of Charities Review Council have helped strengthen the nonprofit sector to mobilize informed donors. But a lot has changed economically, demographically, legally, and socially during this period of time and the time had come to update and revise the standards to reflect this. Over the past… Read more
At our June 18 Annual Forum, national expert Paul Light of New York University got people’s attention. He believes there’s a looming crisis of confidence in nonprofits that the sector isn’t taking seriously enough.Donors give less than they would otherwise, he says, because they feel nonprofits don’t spend money wisely. Given the economy’s double whammy… Read more
Guest Blogger: Amy Sinykin A recent criticism by Joshua Horwitz, the executive director of the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, in Washington, articulates many of the comments made about the show throughout the philanthropy and nonprofit sectors. I don’t agree with Mr. Horwitz criticism entirely. (I’m Minnesotan, of course, anger sometimes turns me off…)… Read more
