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Don Griesmann
Grand Island NY U.S.A.
Interests: Nonprofits, poverty, women, race, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, domestic violence, health, environment, human rights, advocacy, employment, children, elderly, ex-offenders, prisons, migrant workers, immigration, human resources, management, law
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Thank you for this analysis. I am very glad you dug into the data. I have written about other problems with Charity Navigator, Beware The Nonprofit Watchdog – Charity Navigator http://dongriesmannsnonprofitblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/beware-nonprofit-watchdog-charity.html
There are others, with Charity Navigator, looking to establish standards for NPOs beyond the IRS Form 990. The task sounds daunting. The Alliance for Social Investing, www.alleffective.org, and others are looking to develop a Social Value Assessment Tool by the end of the year. It will be interesting to see how they avoid Charity Navigator's traps.
See also
The Nonprofit Quarterly’s Study on Nonprofit and Philanthropic Infrastructure
http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/images/infrastudy.pdf
My best, Don Griesmann
Commented Aug 12, 2009 on A Cautionary Note About Compensation Surveys at Nonprofit Musings
A Cautionary Note About Compensation Surveys
Charity Navigator has just come out with its 2009 CEO Compensation Study, a finely printed document that summarizes CEO compensation by nonprofit size, region, and category, but that unfortunately includes some misleading information and muckraking. The full survey can be found at 2009 Charity...
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