{"id":2179,"date":"2024-02-10T13:26:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T13:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/?page_id=2179"},"modified":"2024-02-10T15:15:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T15:15:48","slug":"how-to-evaluate-charities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/how-to-evaluate-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"How to evaluate charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hGamOhC4ITs?si=3VhwzpcLRlkL2mVZ\" width=\"480\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" align=\"right\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>EVALUATING CHARITIES<\/strong> &#8212; Journalists often meet people with an apparently good cause who want you to help them with publicity.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll want to know just how good their cause is before jumping on the bandwagon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPES OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; 501c3 Educational,\u00a0 religious, charitable, private foundations, etc.\u00a0 &#8212; donors can deduct their contributions from federal (and usually state) taxes.\u00a0 See this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/charities-non-profits\/exempt-organization-types\">IRS page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/charities-non-profits\/tax-exempt-organization-search-bulk-data-downloads\">publication 78<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHARITY WATCHDOGS:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidestar.org\/\">Candid (GuideStar )<\/a> &#8212; GuideStar was one of the first central sources of information on U.S. nonprofits and is the world&#8217;s largest source of information about nonprofit organizations, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candid_(organization)\">says Wikipedia.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitynavigator.org\/\">Charity Navigator<\/a> evaluates charities based on public records and financial information.<\/p>\n<p>The Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance focuses on good-governance issues.<\/p>\n<p>GiveWell conducts research and evaluates charities based on transparency, cost effectiveness, evidence of effectiveness, and room for more funding.<\/p>\n<p>CharityWatch helps you judge a charity&#8217;s fundraising efficiency by comparing fundraising expenses with related contributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff EVALUATING CHARITIES &#8212; Journalists often meet people with an apparently good cause who want you to help them with publicity.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll want to know just how good their cause is before jumping on the bandwagon. TYPES OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/how-to-evaluate-charities\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2179","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2186,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2179\/revisions\/2186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}