California Nonprofit Association Urges Charity Navigator to Make Two Big Changes

The California Association of Nonprofits, taking advantage of a change of leadership at Charity Navigator, has sent a letter urging the prominent watchdog to make two changes to the way it evaluates charity finances and to spread the message that charities can suffer if they don't spend enough on overhead costs.

It also asked the group to select a new head who has experience with "the wide range of nonprofit work."

Ken Berger, Charity Navigator's chief executive for almost seven years, departed abruptly this month after the board decided it wanted a more tech-savvy leader.