Welcome to the New Give.org

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA) is proud to launch the new version of its Give.org website.  Although our main audience continues to be the donating public, we have expanded our content and added features that are designed to also help soliciting charities as well.

As always, the distinguishing feature is our standards-based approach to charity evaluation.  Despite what you may hear, we do not rate, rank or measure charities. Rather, it’s all about accountability and trust: does the organization meet the 20 BBB Charity Standards.  Research has shown that most donors already have a charity in mind and are seeking assurance that their choice will carry out its stated objective(s).

Here are some of the highlights:

Charity report search is center stage. Our standards-based evaluative reports on charities received over 5.3 million views in 2013.  The report search function is now center stage on the homepage.  BBB WGA and applicable BBBs cumulatively produce over 11,000 reports on nationally and locally soliciting charities.

Easy access to descriptions of the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability:  a new version that explains to donors the meaning and rationale for each standard and continuing access to a more detailed implementation guide for charities that identifies how we apply each standard.

Which BBBs are doing charity review? While the BBB Wise Giving Alliance reports on nationally-soliciting charities, about half of the 112 Better Business Bureaus conduct reviews on regionally soliciting charities. Now donors can also access a page that identifies which BBBs provide this service along with a link to the charity reporting page on their respective web sites.

Please let us know your thoughts about our website (give@council.bbb.org) and your suggestions on how we can better serve you.

H. Art Taylor
President & CEO