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  • 2016-08-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Clinton Foundation Scores Higher as a Charity than the Red Cross? (en)
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  • On 28 August 2016, a popular tweet initiated a rumor that as a charity, the Clinton Foundation scored higher in efficiency than the well-known aid-providing Red Cross organization: As seen in the example field above, the claim caused some skepticism among social media among users who were unable to independently corroborate the claim. That phenomenon likely stemmed from confusion CharityWatch and Charity Navigator, two similarly-named charity evaluation services. The former ranked the Clinton Foundation (A) slightly higher than the Red Cross (A-), while the latter doesn't rank the Clinton Foundation at all. How much credence one should afford these rankings is debatable, however. Charity Navigator is the much larger and more highly regarded site, while the smaller CharityWatch's Wikipedia entry shows that organization to employ a ranking methodology that has generated a large Criticism section. A 2011 ranking of charity watchdogs contrasted the two sites: With respect to the original tweet, it was true that CharityWatch gave the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation an A rating by CharityWatch in April 2016, while by contrast they assigned an A- grade to the American Red Cross of August 2016. While the Red Cross achieved a higher Program Percentage (share of monies allocated to services) than the Clinton Foundation at 90% percent vs. 88%, the Red Cross was less efficient because they spent more money to raise money ($30 per $100) than the Clinton Foundation ($3 per $100) did, according to CharityWatch. However, the comparison arguably constitutes cherry picking, in that CharityWatch is a far smaller, atypical arbiter of charity ratings. Most news outlets turn to Charity Navigator when seeking out figures for any one charity organization's effectiveness, but no such claim was proffered about the comparative rankings of the American Red Cross and the Clinton Foundation by Charity Navigator. That's likely because while the American Red Cross has achieved an overall Charity Navigator rating of 85% (80% for financial organization and 93% for accountability & transparency), Charity Navigator maintains no rating for the Clinton Foundation at all. The page for the Clinton Foundation on the Charity Navigator site includes a brief explanation stating that the Clinton Foundation was at one time evaluated and included in Charity Navigator rankings, but that Charity Navigator subsequently determined the Clinton Foundation didn't meet their rating criteria: Charity Navigator includes extensive clips and links to news coverage of the Clinton Foundation on their page, adding that: On 10 May 2015, the Daily Intelligencer published an in-depth article about the Clinton Foundation's dispute with Charity Navigator and the Foundation's attempts to reinstate their standing in early 2015: Although it is true that the Clinton Foundation earned an A versus the Red Cross' A- in CharityWatch's rankings, that claim elides the former organization's documented and acrimonious feud with the standard bearer of charity ranking organizations, Charity Navigator. The Clinton Foundation's atypical management prompted Charity Navigator to remove that organization from their list of ranked charities in March 2015. UPDATE: On 1 September 2016, Charity Navigator responded to unprecedented demand by reinstating the Clinton Foundation's rating: (en)
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