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While selecting a charity to make donations to or for getting assistance , it is important to find out how efficiently it is run. In some charities, a large portion of the money donated is used for funding the administrative expenses like salaries or for promotional activities. Some of the websites where you can track the performance of a charity are:

www.charitywatch.org (The American Institute of Philanthrophy) – rates charities based on how efficiently they use their funds. The charities rated A to A- must use more than 75% of the money they raise on programs.

www.charitynavigator.org – considered one of America’s largest independent evaluator of charities and has more than 5000 charities listed. However, they do not evaluate many Christian charities, since they do not file a tax form. After considering their organizational efficiency and capacity charities are assigned a star rating. Income statements which includes revenues and expenses of the charity are listed. Registration allows users to compare charities.