

Types of services and information offered:Ĭharity Navigator provides focused studies, blog posts, tips for donors, and curated lists of noteworthy events/occurrences to help, users, donors and media. Some noteworthy mentions to date include features in Forbes, MSN, CNET, Business Insider, Daily Mail, Washington Post, USA Today, NBC, Fox News, CBS, NPR, and more. In FY 2019, we have had 8,543 media mentions, resulting in a reach of 5.9 billion. (4) Number of journalists and philanthropy experts who cite Charity Navigator and its ratings is a metric we have begun tracking as of July 1, 2017. In FYE 2019, Charity Navigator had 10.4 million site visits. (3) Size of audience reached: Charity Navigator has successfully improved its reach and reputation among donors. In fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, we added a fourth partner, ImpactMatters, and increased the number of charities with impact-related data to 17,782 on both rated and unrated charity profiles. In November 2017, CN partnered with GuideStar, Classy, and GlobalGiving to display impact-related data on 2,462 rated charity profiles.

In June 2016, Charity Navigator made a comprehensive update to Financial Metrics to highlight further intricacies in nonprofit financial reporting (2.1). In 2014 Charity Navigator took a first attempt at evaluating Results Reporting for nonprofits (3.0), pausing after the initial launch for further research and development. In September 2012, Charity Navigator added Accountability & Transparency Metrics to the rating methodology (2.0). (2) Expansion of depth and sophistication of ratings methodology: Charity Navigator launched in 2002 with Financial Rating System (1.0). registered nonprofits and 9,114 rated charities (up 0.2% since July 1, 2018) which consists of 8,650 zero to four-star rated charities and 518 CN Advisories. (1) Number of charities rated: As of JCharity Navigator’s database has more than 1,720,844 million U.S.
