How ratings are being adjusted for the pandemic (and more)

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Special Donor Bulletin

To be responsive, fair, and innovative, we provided nonprofits with the opportunity to share how they were impacted by the pandemic and how they adapted. Today, you'll see more than 3,600 nonprofit profiles on Charity Navigator that feature this information. In the event that a participating nonprofit organization's rating would decrease as a result of financial hardship, the rating remains unchanged from the previous evaluation.

To provide relief to smaller organizations, we also adjusted our Independent Audit or Financial Review metric, as part of the Encompass Rating System. The change increased the total annual revenue amount required for an audit from $250,000 to $500,000, affecting more than 33,000 nonprofits.

Additionally, more nonprofits than ever received updated scores via the Encompass Rating System's Culture & Community, Leadership & Adaptability, and/or Impact & Results beacons.

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