Independent ratings and reviews of charities | Intelligent Giving Philanthropedia JustCoz Tactical Philanthropy National Center Family Philanthropy Activist Cash: Profiling activists, organizations & funding Category:Humanitarian and service awards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also Category:Peace awards and Category:Human rights awards. See also Category:Governance and civic leadership awards. Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. Pages in category "Humanitarian and service awards" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total.
CerPhi « Centre d'Etude et de Recherche sur la Philanthropie Questionable Organizations: An Overview Stephen Barrett, M.D. Promoters of questionable health practices often form organizations to multiply their effectiveness. How can one tell which ones are reliable and which are not? There is no sure way, but nine precautionary questions may help: 1. Are its ideas inside the scientific mainstream? 2. 3. 4. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine, which promotes "clinical ecology" and the bogus concept of multiple chemical sensitivity. A few groups promote a mixture of science-based and dubious practices. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Lack of accreditation of a health-related school should be considered a very bad sign. 10. I view the following with considerable distrust. Professional Organizations Student Organizations American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Naturopathic Medical Student Organization (NMSA) Dubious Certifying Boards Voluntary Organizations
Top Nonprofits - Learning From the Best Nonprofit Organizations America’s 50 Worst Charities Exposed Scam artists show up in the wake of every disaster. Like vultures circling above road kill, they swoop in on any opportunity to take advantage of the disadvantaged, capitalizing on your compassion and manipulating your emotion. Charities and nonprofits are the perfect vehicles in which these scammers can hide in plain sight. “Charitable organizations” run the gamut from upright and successful, to well meaning but incompetent, to corrupt, greedy and devious—and everything in between. How do you know where a particular organization fits along this spectrum? The Tampa Bay Times and the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) partnered with CNN in a yearlong investigation to evaluate America’s worst charities and created a list of the 50 worst. The results of their investigation are shocking, in terms of the measures some people will sink to in the name of profit. “In the past decade alone, Kids Wish has channeled nearly $110 million donated for sick children to its corporate solicitors.