How To Check Out A Charity Before You Donate?

How To Check Out A Charity Before You Donate?

When you donate to a charity, whether it’s money, resources, or even your time, you want to make sure that you’re able to trust that you’re giving to a good cause and to a team that will use what you donate effectively and honestly. Here are a few ways that you can take a closer look at your charity of choice to make sure your money is being used appropriately.

Verify the charity through the IRS

You can check any organization’s status through the Internal Revenue Service, making sure that they have the right tax-exempt status as a non-profit organization. You can also use the IRS website to look at IRS 990 forms for any financial information submitted by the nonprofit organization.

Make use of third-party evaluators

There are a few third-party websites run by organizations that have made it their business to inspect and evaluate non-profit organizations. Charity Navigator is one of the most reliable guides to giving you can find, providing a host of tips for donors to give more intelligently. Charity Watch and the BBB Wise Giving Alliance are two other sites worth looking at.

Look for complaints

You can simply search the name of the charity that you’re looking into and search for things like “reviews,” “ratings,” “complaints,” “lawsuits,” or “scandal” after the name. These will quickly turn up any concerning facts you might want to know.

AAM Nation Care is proud to say that we do precisely what we say with your money. As such, we recommend you use the same level of scrutiny mentioned above to check us out and, once you’re satisfied, please lend what support your can.