Watchdog Watch
January 25, 2007 | Read Time: 2 minutes
Following are summaries of recent reports by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. This private group reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The alliance does not approve or disapprove of charities, and urges potential donors to evaluate the importance of variations from the standards. It also notes that charities’ practices may change at any time. For organizations that do not meet the standards, information is given only on those standards that are not met. Those organizations meet all the other standards.
Copies of the full reports are available from the Wise Giving Alliance, 4200 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Va. 22203; http://give.org.
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, 22100 Gratiot Avenue, East Detroit, Mich. 48201; http://www.aarda.org. Meets all standards.
Animal Legal Defense Fund, also known as Attorneys for Animal Rights, 170 East Cotati Avenue, Cotati, Calif. 94931; http://www.aldf.org. Meets all standards.
Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, formerly known as the Cancer Research Foundation of America, 1600 Duke Street, Suite 500, Alexandria, Va. 22314; http://www.preventcancer.org. Meets all standards.
CFIDS Association of America, 6827 Fairview Road, Suite A, Charlotte, N.C. 28210; http://www.cfids.org. Meets all standards.
Christian Relief Services Charities, also known as Americans Helping Americans, 2550 Huntington Avenue, Alexandria, Va. 22303; http://www.christianrelief.org. Meets all standards.
Epilepsy Foundation, also known as the Epilepsy Foundation of America, 4351 Garden City Drive, Suite 500, Landover, Md. 20785; http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org. Meets all standards.
Fistula Foundation, formerly known as the American Friends Foundation for Childbirth Injuries, 1171 Homestead Road, Suite 265, San Jose, Calif. 95050; http://www.fistulafoundation.org. Meets all standards.
Help the Afghan Children, 8603 Westwood Center Drive, Suite 230, Vienna, Va. 22182; http://www.helptheafghanchildren.org. Meets all standards.
Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, 15125 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 204, Sherman Oaks, Calif. 91403; http://www.mhopus.org. Does not meet the standard calling for a charitable organization to have a minimum of three evenly spaced meetings per year of the full governing body.
Room to Read, formerly known as Books for Nepal, The Presidio, P.O. Box 29127, San Francisco, Calif. 94129; http://www.roomtoread.org. Meets all standards.
United Animal Nations, 1722 J Street, Suite 11, Sacramento, Calif. 95814; http://www.uan.org. Meets all standards.
