Civil Society plays an increasingly important role in international human and social welfare. The most important prerequisite for the development of the NGO sector is a steady level of trust and engagement from society. This public trust and engagement is based the organization’s level of accountability.
Charity Star is an independent nonprofit organization working to establish an international standard for NGO accountability. We believe in an open society where access to information is key in building trust and engagement.
Our work includes research and advocacy within the field of NGO governance.
The Charity Commission has proposed setting up a new index that would tell the public how much charities spend on administration costs, and what the regulator and the sector considers to be a reasonable level.
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Research in the US says those giving through a charity’s website give twice as much as those giving through sites such as Facebook
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The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) today launches a free website, CAF Charity Trends which allows users to explore charity data in a revolutionary way. Read full article
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