Charity Standards Proposed by Watchdog Group Are Deeply Flawed
When the BBB Wise Giving Alliance proposed new guidelines earlier this year aimed at improving charities’ ALSO SEE: Failing the Test accountability and performance, it moved far from the Better Business Bureau’s traditional role as a consumer watchdog. In so doing, the alliance is trying to cover…
Accountability Web Site: More Harm Than Good?
By DAN PRIVESNon-profit groups -- and donors who are eagerly looking for information to help them decide which organizations are worthy of support -- have been pinning a lot of hope on the Internet. As information about charities becomes easier and easier to obtain with just a few clicks of a…