Island Harvest Scores Top Marks From Nationally Respected Charity Rating Agency

MINEOLA, NY, February 18, 2009 ― Of all America’s charities rated by the nationally respected independent evaluator Charity Navigator, just seven percent receive a consecutive four-star evaluation. Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization, joins that rank scoring four stars — Charity Navigator’s highest rating — for the fourth consecutive year. The coveted designation demonstrates that Island Harvest consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way, outperforming most other charitable organizations across the country.

Charity Navigator gives potential donors the opportunity to make educated decisions by providing information on the financial health of over 5,300 of America's largest charities. Its unique method of applying data-driven analysis to the nonprofit sector has been profiled and celebrated in Forbes, Business Week and Kiplinger’s Financial Magazine, among others. Charity Navigator estimates that in 2008, its findings on the organizations it reviews influenced over $10 billion in charitable gifts.