Child Protection & Sponsorship

Celebrate Women’s History Month: Donate to a Top-Rated Charity

March 01, 2024

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Celebrate Women’s History Month: Donate to a Top-Rated Cha...

Mar 01, 2024

March is Women’s History Month. ...

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Celebrate Lunar New Year by Donating to a Top-Rated Charity

Feb 06, 2024

Happy Lunar New Year from CharityWatch!

Happy Lunar New Year from CharityWatch! ...

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Giving Tuesday 2023

Nov 20, 2023

Giving Tuesday is November 28, 2023. View Top-Rated charities and learn how to avoid charity frauds and scams.

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Operation Underground Railroad CharityWatch Rating

Oct 20, 2023

CharityWatch has assigned a "?" rating to Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) at this time due to our concerns related to the independence of the charity's board of directors and the circumstances surrounding the&nbs...

CharityWatch has assigned a "?" rating to Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) at this time due to our concerns relat...

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Crisis in Sudan: CharityWatch Top-Rated Charities Providing ...

Sep 22, 2023

The people of Sudan need immediate aid and relief....

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Back to School 2023!

Aug 17, 2023

CharityWatch invites you to celebrate America’s students and the back-to-school season with a donation to a Top-Rated Child Protection & Sponsorship charity. ...

CharityWatch invites you to celebrate America’s students and the back-to-school season with a donation to a Top-Rated Child Prot...

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Happy Father's Day from CharityWatch!

Jun 15, 2023

In honor and celebration of Father’s Day, why not consider a donation to a CharityWatch Top-Rated charity....

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Happy Mother's Day from CharityWatch!

May 08, 2023

In honor and celebration of the special mother in your life, consider a donation to a CharityWatch Top-Rated charity. ...

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5 Steps For Informed Giving

Nov 22, 2022

Giving Tuesday is only a reminder. Every day is a good day to support the charitable causes that are important to you. Find a CharityWatch Top-Rated charity to support...

Giving Tuesday is only a reminder. Every day is a good day to support the charitable causes that are important to you. Find a Char...

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CharityWatch Report: The Beau Biden Foundation For The Prote...

Apr 25, 2022

Charities that are in some way affiliated with a celebrity, athlete, or politician tend to receive more interest and scrutiny from the public. In some cases the criticisms are objective and fair. In other cases they may be motivat...

Charities that are in some way affiliated with a celebrity, athlete, or politician tend to receive more interest and scrutiny from...

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Non-cash Donations Obscure How Efficiently A Charity Is Real...

Feb 08, 2022

A charity might spent 90% of your donation on fundraising and overhead costs, but by running large volumes of non-cash donations through its books, it can make itself appear to be operating highly efficiently. ...

A charity might spent 90% of your donation on fundraising and overhead costs, but by running large volumes of non-cash donations t...

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Fundraisers for ‘F’ Rated Charities Hit with a Combined ...

May 19, 2021

In separate actions in January 2021 and September 2020, the FTC joined forces with state charity regulators across the country to crack down on the predatory fundraising practices of for-profit companies soliciting donations on be...

In separate actions in January 2021 and September 2020, the FTC joined forces with state charity regulators across the country to ...

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You're on the Case! Help CharityWatch Investigate '?' Charit...

Dec 04, 2020

Wise donors like you turn to CharityWatch for ratings and quality reporting on wrongdoing in the nonprofit sector because you know we aren’t afraid to name names and hold charities accountable to their donors...

Wise donors like you turn to CharityWatch for ratings and quality reporting on wrongdoing in the nonprofit sec...

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Charity Uses Kids' Pictures Without Permission

Aug 11, 2016

Charity that purports to rescue missing children does very little of it. Of its total spending, 66% went to its professional fundraisers, 1% went to investigations, and none went to provide cash or other assistance to victims or t...

Charity that purports to rescue missing children does very little of it. Of its total spending, 66% went to its professional fundr...

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The GuideStar Exchange Program: Sometimes Gold, Silver and B...

May 01, 2014

If we see a gold insignia associated with a charity, that charity must be a highly worthy one to which to donate, right? Unfortunately, this may not always be true, and in the case of the GuideStar Exchange program, even unworthy,...

If we see a gold insignia associated with a charity, that charity must be a highly worthy one to which to donate, right? Unfortuna...

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You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover nor a Charity by its Nam...

May 07, 2013

Receiving approval from the IRS to be tax exempt and to collect tax-deductible contributions does not guarantee that a group is a good charity -- even if Good Charity, Inc. is its official name...

Receiving approval from the IRS to be tax exempt and to collect tax-deductible contributions does not guarantee that a group is a ...

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Are Charity Boards Asleep at the Wheel? Nonprofit Governance...

Apr 01, 2003

Confidence in nonprofit organizations is at the lowest level in two decades and one-third of Americans who are 57 or older have less confidence in nonprofit organizations over the last 2 years, according to a September 2002 survey...

Confidence in nonprofit organizations is at the lowest level in two decades and one-third of Americans who are 57 or older have le...

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