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mailto:info@thelocalbbb.com http://spokane.bbb.org/ The
BBB is a private, nonprofit organization that provides services and
programs to assist consumers and businesses. The BBB provides reports
on businesses and charities, complaint handling, mediation and
arbitration with participating businesses. In addition, the BBB offers
consumer information brochures on a wide variety of subjects regarding
marketplace issues. Spokane’s Better Business Bureau serves Eastern
Washington, North Idaho and Montana, and has nearly 130,000 companies in
their database.
GuideStarGuideStar is the world's largest source of information on nonprofit organizations They are the search engine for nonprofit information.
GuideStar gathers and disseminates information
about every single IRS-registered nonprofit organization. They provide
as much information as they can about each nonprofit's mission,
legitimacy, impact, reputation, finances, programs, transparency,
governance, and so much more. GuideStar
collects, organizes, and presents the information you want in an
easy-to-understand format while remaining neutral, so you can take the
information and make the best decisions possible.
http://www.guidestar.org/Home.aspx/Charity NavigatorCharity Navigator was created
as a free watchdog service to
protect donors from unscrupulous practices. This website is also considered
to have the best known nonprofit rating system in the country,
explaining how they spend their money. Donations to many non-profits
will increase or decrease, depending on their rating with this service;
thus, nonprofits are motivated to keep their rating up.
Charity Navigator also provides an additional measure of
accountability, which measures transparency and anti-corruption controls
within nonprofits. Since implementing this program, many nonprofits have changed the way they do business.
http://charitynavigator.org
Inland Northwest Combined Federal Campaign The CFC lists the percentage of an organizations’ administrative and fundraising expenses.
http://inwcfc.org Internal Revenue ServiceThe IRS provides a list of organizations which qualify for a charitable deduction.
View
http://irs.gov/ and look under “Search for Charities.”
Value of VolunteeringIn 2005, the total value of volunteer time in the U.S. was estimated at $280 billion.
http://independentsector.org Washington Secretary of State