Questions to Ask Before Making a Charitable Donation

The Charity Navigator ratings, which show the charity's financial standing, accountability procedures, and transparency policies, are the best place to start when looking into a charity's performance to see if it is deserving of your support. Afterwards, connect with the nonprofit itself. A charity's services, mission, and goals can be better understood by engaging with them personally.

We have created these inquiries to serve as starting point for your discussion with the charity you're considering funding:

organization’s mission?

Mission statements define the long course and objectives that direct a nonprofit's day-to-day activities. They serve as the basis for a nonprofit's organisational structure, culture, communications, and programs. A charity will undoubtedly struggle to deliver its programs if it has trouble communicating its mission; however, healthy organisations are fully aware of their identities, missions, and purposes.

organization’s goals?

Setting goals can help charity organisations prepare for the future and make sure they are continually working toward their missions. In order to measure the success of an organization it is through its goals. Therefore, it is challenging for a donor to understand what a charity is aiming for if the organisation cannot clearly articulate its short- and long-term goals.

What progress was made towards these goals?

Ask the organisation what steps it has taken to address the problem it is confronting. Can the organisation provide evidence of how its actions have affected its advancement? Knowing its progress will help you understand more if this organisation will use your funds to make the change you seek for.

Available sources to boost your trust in their work?

All nonprofit organisations must develop a bond of trust with the donors. Authentic charity shows transparency so donors should have easy access to documents like the organization's financial statements and form 990. Through providing these documents, it will increase your confidence towards the organization.

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Any nonprofit organisation should be prepared to answer these questions, and before making a final donation choice based on the responses you receive from them, ask yourself if this is a nonprofit organisation whose mission you support and if you are prepared to make a long-term commitment to it.

Therefore, we advise donors to spend some time up front looking for causes they can support for a very long time. And once they select that charity, they should feel comfortable contributing financially to it.

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