How can you tell if a charity is reputable?

Question

I want to make a donation to one who deals with research for Kidney disease. I see "The American Kidney Foundation" and "The National Kidney Foundation" is one better than the other? Are they both reputable?

Answer 1

You can check with the better business bureau (www.bbb.org)

the Better Business Bureau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Busi...

Its report for national kidney foundation:

http://charityreports.bbb.org/public/Rep...

Answer 2

Try www.give.org, it's run by the better business bureau and can give you information on the charities statistics.

Answer 3

Find out which one puts more to the actual cause. 80% is the bottom limit. You don't want your donation going to excessive "administration" fees.

Answer 4

as this is the uk site, i assume you are in the uk so wouldn't the national one be more appropriate?

Always check they are a registered charity and do your research, especially if it is a sizeable donation.