Crowdsourcing, Transparency and Results Based Charity Ratings – The Next Generation of Nonprofit Evaluation Presented by Ken Berger, President & CEO NextGen:Charity New York, NY November 19, 2010 *Prototype for purpose of illustration only and in no way represents the final product.
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Crowdsourcing, Transparency and Results Based Charity Ratings – The
Next Generation of Nonprofit Evaluation
Presented by Ken Berger, President & CEO
NextGen:CharityNew York, NY
November 19, 2010*Prototype for purpose of illustration only and in no way represents the final product.
Your Guide to Intelligent Giving
Where the Heart
Meets the Mind
America's premier
independent charity
evaluator providing timely, relevant,
unbiased information on the fiscal health
of nonprofit organizations.
Largest evaluator of charities: 5,500+
#1 Web Site for Rating Charities – “Your Guide to
Intelligent Giving”
The Data Proves Impact Estimated 3 million
distinct visitors per year
92% say evaluations affected their decision to support individual public charities
CN ratings influence decisions on billions in donations annually
(The Nonprofit Marketplace Hewlett Foundation, 2008)
*Includes Charity Navigator- evaluates nonprofits and provides meaningful information.** Includes individuals, foundations, corporations and government funders.
THE EVOLUTION OF CHARITY NAVIGATOR2001 – FORMED WITH A MISSION TO BE A DONOR’S GUIDE TO INTELLIGENT GIVING.
2002 – 2007 - USED IRS DATA (990’S) BECAUSE MANY NONPROFITS DIDN’T LIKE US! IT WAS THE ONLY DATA AVAILABLE FOR META ANALYSIS.
2008 - ANNOUNCED PLANS TO REVAMP RATING SYSTEM TO MOVE TO 3-DIMENSIONAL
2009 - FORMED ADVISORY PANEL
2010 - RECEIVED HEWLETT GRANT TO LAUNCH VOLUNTEER STUDENT RATING PILOT PROJECT TO SCALE UP & FIDELITY CGF TRUSTEE’S PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING .
CN 2.0 - From One Dimensional to 3-Dimensional
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to 201
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2012
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Effectiveness/ Results
Accountability/ Transparency
Financial
100%Financial
33.3% Account-Ability/Trans-
parency
+66.6%
Financial
50%Results
+17%
Accountability/Transparency
+33%
Financial
SCALING UP: 6 Steps to a 3-Dimensional Rating System
July 2010
Accountability &TransparencyMethodology
Launched (achieved)
Fall/Winter 2010
Financial Metrics
Revised (in process)
July 2011
Methodology to Measure Results
Launched (provided adequate funding is secured
to scale up)
Accountability & TransparencyNow Part of Star Rating
(in process)
July 2012
Results Dimension Now Part of Star Rating (assuming data has now been collected for all charities in CN’s database)
July 2013
Incorporation of reviews/data into Results Dimension (e.g.
beneficiary satisfaction, volunteer reviews,expert reviews and independent impact