Conference Roundup: Rating Charities

“None of it evaluates an organization’s effectiveness,” Melia said. “Or growing pains; the time it takes to get the word out (about your organization). And it doesn’t reflect (the nonprofit’s) age.

“You’re a D charity so your work isn’t worthwhile,” he said, using this example to get his point across: “If I was to start a charity tomorrow with the sole purpose of abolishing the dollar bill, and you send in the money and I got an incinerator and burned them [the dollars], I would be a four-star charity because I did exactly what I said I was going to do with the money.