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Charity Intelligence has rated over 740 charities on a scale of 0 to 4 stars.
Charity Intelligence has made the hard decision to keep the 4-star rating as a “mark” of excellence. Our aim is for the top 15% of charities to earn 4-stars. Unlike some research organizations where “every stock is a buy”, or the majority of charities get 4-stars, at Charity Intelligence the 4-star charities will be a small elite. 3 star charities are ‘good’, 2 star charities are ‘average’ and donors should take a closer look at charities with 1 star or less before donating to get a deeper understanding. To see how the star ratings are calculated, please see our index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=176&Itemid=161 methodology page.
If you would like to see all of the ratings that we have completed, including all 3,2,1 and 0-star charities, Read More

At Charity Intelligence we aspire for Canada to have the most informed donors, the most transparent charitable sector and the most effective allocation of resources. We believe that the free dissemination of information will have a transformative impact on the Canadian charitable sector.
Currently, Canadian donors have inadequate information with which to make donation decisions. According to a 2008 Ipsos Reid survey, while donors believe that charities should provide information about their spending, programs and services, fundraising costs, and the impact that they are having, donors do not believe that most charities are providing this information. Significant gaps exist between what donors believe is important and what charities are providing. Charity Intelligence seeks to bridge these gaps.
We believe that our rating system will provide an invaluable tool for donors to have the information that they need to direct their donations towards those charities that are achieving strong results.  This will have an impact in three important ways.  First, more money will flow towards more effective charities. Given the differences that we have seen between high-performing charities and low-performing charities, this will mean that donations could be twice, or even ten times more effective than they would have been had they been given to lower performing charities.

Second, all charities will have an incentive to improve on both their efficiency and their social impact.    If it is being measured and donors care about it, charities will too.  As well, with improved information available, charities have greater opportunity to share and examine best practices in order to improve. Given that charities issued roughly $13 billion in tax receipts in 2011 and overall revenues are over $200 billion, there is potential for significant value from even minor incremental improvements in efficiency and effectiveness.
Third, surveys have shown that in order to give more, Canadians need more trust in the charitable sector.  Publically-disseminated information on Canadian charities on Ci’s website will highlight charities creating significant social value, allowing for more trust that money well directed will have the intended impact.  We believe that this will increase donations overall in the sector.

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When we update charity reports or create new ones, each and every charity receives Quick Tips on how to improve its results reporting grade, along with its confidential breakdown of scores on each of the 26 Keystone questions. In addition, Charity Intelligence offers FREE one-on-one coaching. (This coaching is only available for charities that already have a report profile completed by Charity Intelligence.)
It’s typically a 30-minute phone conversation to run through a charity’s individual grade, with specific details and sharing examples of where it can improve its results reporting.
To book a one-on-one coaching session for your charity, please schedule with us:  mailto:info@charityintelligence.ca info@charityintelligence.ca 
 
Modified: April 25, 2023