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.
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New Charity Star Report on the Journey of Donations – From Fundraising to Feedback
( March 20, 2012 ) Tags: Charity Star, reportCharity Star have during the last couple of months met with NGO and NGO stakeholder representatives in an effort to clarify the journey of donations, from fundraising to feedback. From Stockholm to Cusco we get a multifaceted perspective on international development cooperation in 2012.
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New Report Summarize Nonprofit Leaders Alternative Ideas to Increase Charitable Giving
( November 5, 2011 ) Tags: giving pledge, philanthropy, report, USBesides suggesting that billionaires offer matching gifts, the report includes 31 other ideas for improving giving, which has been stuck at 2 percent of average household income after taxes for the past 40 years, according to “Giving USA.”
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“The Trust Report” Completed and Available for Download
( October 14, 2011 ) Tags: Charity Star, report, trust“The Trust Report – the role of trust in civil society and how it affects public charity engagement” is now completed and available for download.
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RT @pernillan: Ready for the #IATI virtual roundtable on geocoding - using a round table of course! @ World Bank http://t.co/RRBuNdRdIG
We have a chance to end #FGM in a generation. Find out our plan on our new policy page here http://t.co/ZrNGsxzVAp
How Boston is biting back 
Lois Lerner takes “the Fifth” before House Oversight Committee 
RT @EFAReport: @APiebalgsEU Great to hear our statistics in your speech earlier: http://t.co/OBgZOD22KE
RT @jpstijns: Great news for #Africa: #EU rushes out corporate #tax transparency law http://t.co/7g7wvTWKDF @FT Recommendation of AEO 2010!
IRS Veteran to Replace Lois Lerner in IRS Nonprofit Division 
RT @nature_brains: Scientists discover two mini-spiders in China (photos): http://t.co/zrCBv0IlaW @mongabay
After 50 years of brutal military rule, Myanmar’s democratic opening has been swift and startling http://t.co/beFRojtk6o via @TheEconomist
Fascinating how many people are framing Compartamos results positively. Few years ago, would have been perceived very negatively
@luvhornsnhorses Thanks for the RT!
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Top #charity news: SCVO writes scathing response to OSCR guidance on political campaigning (this + lots more) http://t.co/2BvA9K3E36
RT @unisdr: #gpdrr13 blog: Financing for Disaster Risk Management: a bleak history http://t.co/6LaQMotNpa MT @gfdrr @odi_development @dgate…
Foreign Assistance Dashboard now includes data from Treasury and Defense http://t.co/MnSlBy4RwJ via @SJStaats @willmckitterick
RT @siwhitehouse: RT @pernillan Ready for the #IATI virtual roundtable on geocoding - using a round table of course! @ World Bank...
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