Frugal Fundraising Scorecard
From CharityScorecard
| Organization | Score | Graph |
|---|---|---|
| Action Against Hunger USA | 95% | |
| Adelante Foundation | 13% | |
| African Medical and Research Foundation | 80% | |
| Africare | 96% | |
| Amnesty International | 11% | |
| Child Family Health International | 90% | |
| Clear Fund | 95% | |
| Direct Relief International | 99% | |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | 48% | |
| EngenderHealth | 96% | |
| EnterpriseWorks Worldwide | 90% | |
| FINCA International | 88% | |
| Global Fund for Women | 51% | |
| Global Partners for Development | 78% | |
| International Medical Corps | 99% | |
| Ipas | 81% | |
| Oxfam America | 51% | |
| PATH | 99% | |
| Pathfinder International | 95% | |
| Population Services International | 98% | |
| SHARE Foundation | 64% | |
| Stanford University | 92% | |
| Verite | 83% | |
| Hypothetical Perfect Organization | 100% | ################################################
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| Goal | I'm more interested in giving to organizations that use the money for program expenses and administrative expenses than organizations that use the money to send me junk mail asking for more money. The fundraising score uses the Financial Questionnaire to look at organization's fundraising expenses vs. its total expenses. |
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| Formula | score = ( (total expenses) - (4 x (fundraising expenses)) ) / (total expenses) |
| Example | On the FINCA International Financial Questionnaire, total expenses are $51.1 million, and fundraising expenses are $1.49 million, so...
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| Notes | Charity Navigator, in their rating system, also looks at an organization's fundraising expenses, as part of their Organizational Efficiency metric, described here. Give.org, the web site of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, in their evaluations of organizations, also looks at an organization's fundraising expenses, as item 9 of their 20 Standards for Charity Accountability. |
