List of Potential Validators

Action Without Borders: Idealist
Run by Action Without Borders, a New York charity, this site offers a global directory of more than 20,000 non-profit groups' Web sites, as well as an interactive service that allows any organization, whether or not it has a Web site, to post information on its mission, volunteer and job opportunities, forthcoming events, and publications. The site also provides links to other on-line resources of interest to non-profit groups.
http://www.idealist.org

American Institute of Philanthropy
The American Institute of Philanthropy, in Bethesda, Md., is a private watchdog organization that rates charities based on how much they spend on program expenses versus fund raising and administration. The institute's Web site lists the more than 360 non-profit groups that have been rated and names the charities that have received "excellent" ratings in various areas, such as cancer groups, environmental organizations, and charities that serve the elderly.
http://www.charitywatch.org

Charities Review Council
The Charities Review Council is a private watchdog organization in St. Paul that evaluates Minnesota charities. The council's Web site includes a list of the charities that it has evaluated and whether they meet the council's standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public accountability.
http://www.crcmn.org

Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator works to guide intelligent giving. We help charitable givers make intelligent giving decisions by providing information on more than eleven hundred charities and by evaluating the financial health of each of these charities. We ensure our evaluations are widely used by making them easy to understand and freely available to the public and by promoting them through national advertising and publicity campaigns. By guiding intelligent giving, we aim to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace, in which givers and the charities they support work in tandem to overcome our nation’s most persistent challenges.
http://www.charitynavigator.org

Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, in Washington, is an association of more than 900 evangelical Christian charities that the council has evaluated and found to meet its standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public accountability. The council's Web site provides a directory of member organizations, including links to those that operate World-Wide Web sites.
http://www.ecfa.org

GuideStar
Developed by Philanthropic Research, a non-profit organization based in Williamsburg, Va., this Web site contains descriptions of and financial data on 650,000 non-profit groups, drawn primarily from the organizations' informational tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service. The information includes a breakdown of each charity's assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenditures, including administrative and fund-raising costs. The site also includes profiles of non-profit groups and links to articles about philanthropy and non-profit management.
http://www.guidestar.org

Internal Revenue Service:
Information for Tax-Exempt Organizations
A data base of nearly 500,000 non-profit organizations, updated quarterly, that makes it possible to find all the groups in a certain city or state or to check whether a particular group has received tax-exempt status. The site also explains the different types of tax-exempt organizations and how to apply for tax-exempt status, and it includes answers to frequently asked questions about tax-exempt organizations, I.R.S. forms that can be downloaded, and articles on topics such as unrelated-business income tax, lobbying by tax-exempt organizations, and charitable remainder trusts.
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/bus_info/eo

MinistryWatch
Developed by Wall Watchers, a non-profit organization in Matthews, N.C., MinistryWatch features a database of more than 400 Christian charities. Each entry includes a description of the organization's work and detailed information about its finances. Beginning in 2001, MinistryWatch will evaluate and rate the organizations based on their public accountability, adherence to their missions, management procedures, financial management, and fund raising. The site also includes advice to donors on effective giving.
http://www.ministrywatch.com

National Charities Information Bureau
Operated by the National Charities Information Bureau in New York, this Web site includes a list of the 400 national charities that the private watchdog organization has evaluated and whether the organizations have met its standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public accountability. The site also includes tips for donors and a form that can be used to order a complete report on a charity.
http://www.give.org

National Combined Federal Campaign Committee

The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the annual fund-raising drive conducted by Federal employees in their workplace each fall. Each year Federal employees and military personnel raise millions of dollars through the CFC that benefits thousands of non-profit charities. CFC assists charitable organizations and other interested parties who seek information about or who have questions regarding participation with the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).
http://www.cfctoday.org

Nonprofit Cyber-Accountability
Developed by Harriet Bograd, a non-profit lawyer and consultant, this site contains information about ways the Internet can make it easier for the public to find information about charities. It also discusses the debate on whether fund-raising solicitations over the Internet should be regulated. The site includes links to other sources of information on those issues, including links to state agencies whose Web sites include information on non-profit accountability and giving.
http://www.bway.net/~hbograd/cyb-acc.html

Philanthropic Advisory Service of the
Council of Better Business Bureaus
Maintained by the Council of Better Business Bureaus in Arlington, Va., this site includes reports on more than 200 national charities and whether they meet the bureau's standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public accountability. The site also includes information on charitable giving, solicitations by police and fire-fighter organizations, tax deductions for donors, and how to handle unwanted mailings from charities.
http://www.bbb.org/about/pas.asp

Union of International Associations
The Union of International Associations (UIA), a nonprofit clearinghouse for information on over 40,000 international organizations and constituencies, has been a pioneer in the provision of information on international organizations and their global challenges since its foundation in 1910. We have some very useful databases available for you on paper, on-line and on CD-Rom. These are valuable tools for a wide variety of users and tasks, whether focused on action, research or decision-making. 
http://www.uia.org

Charities Aid Foundation
The Charities Aid Foundation is a non-profit organization located in Kent, England that promotes philanthropy around the world. The organization has offices in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, India, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and West Africa. Each country office's Web site provides news and information about non-profit activity in that country.
http://www.cafonline.org

Civicus
Located in Washington, Civicus is an international association of non-profit organizations that advocates for legal systems that encourage civic activity and promotes awareness of charitable organizations around the world. The organization's Web site includes profiles of non-profit activity in more than 45 countries.
http://www.civicus.org

European Foundation Centre
The European Foundation Centre in Brussels, an association of more than 160 European grant makers as well as grant makers from other regions that award grants to European programs, promotes increased philanthropy in the region.
http://www.efc.be

Funders Online
Developed by the European Foundation Centre, an association of European grant makers, located in Brussels, Funders Online, provides information about European philanthropy and links to more than 300 foundations and corporate-giving programs that are located in Europe or award grants to European programs. The site also provides generic Web pages that grant makers can use to build their own Web sites.
http://www.fundersonline.org

The Grantsmanship Center: International Funding
Developed by the Grantsmanship Center, a Los Angeles company that holds workshops on grant seeking, this Web site provides links to grant makers, both in the United States and abroad, that award grants for programs outside the United States. The links are organized by the regions in which the grant makers finance programs, including Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Western Europe.
http://www.tgci.com/intl/index.html

International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Developed by the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, a non-profit organization in Washington, this Web site provides information about the laws that govern non-profit organizations around the world. The site also includes the center's quarterly International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law.
http://www.icnl.org

International Committee on Fundraising Organisations
The International Committee on Fundraising Organisations in London is an association of 13 watchdog organizations that monitor the fund-raising activities of charities in their home countries.
http://home.axford.com/icfo

International Society for Third-Sector Research
Located at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, the International Society for Third-Sector Research promotes research and education on philanthropy and non-profit activity around the world. A list of all past and current articles in the society's journal, Voluntas, is available on the Web site.
http://www.jhu.edu/~istr

National Endowment for Democracy:
Sources of Funding in International Affairs
Maintained by the National Endowment for Democracy, a non-profit organization in Washington that awards grants to programs that support democracy around the world, this Web site provides information about and links to grant makers that finance international projects.
http://www.ned.org/resource/funding/fundmain.html

NGONet
Maintained by Freedom House, a non-profit organization in Washington that runs leadership-development programs for professionals from central and eastern Europe, this Web site provides links to non-profit organizations in central and eastern Europe and in the former Soviet republics. The site also includes a list of consultants -- on such topics as advocacy, coalition building, fund raising, and program development -- in central and Eastern Europe and links of interest to non-profit groups in the region.
http://www.ngonet.org

Resource Alliance
The Resource Alliance (formerly the International Fundraising Group), located in London, provides fund-raising training for nonprofit organizations around the world, particularly in developing nations. The group has also published a guide to fund raising in developing nations.
http://www.resource-alliance.org

The Synergos Institute: Global Philanthropy
The Synergos Institute's Global Philanthropy program promotes the growth and development of foundations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The program's Web site offers advice for grant makers that are working in developing countries and a database of more than 120 foundations that are active in Latin America. The organization plans to add listings of foundations working in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa in the future.
http://www.synergos.org/globalphilanthropy

Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support
Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support, in Washington, is a membership organization for associations of grant makers around the world. The organization's Web site provides profiles of its members and links to those associations that operate Web sites.
http://www.wingsweb.org