Angel Fiscal Responsibility

At The Angelrock Project, we feel that serving through donations to non-profit organizations is crucial to making the world a better place for all who inhabit this planet. We are proud to offer a listing of organizations for you to consider for your charitable giving. However, just as important as making the donation, is having the ability to access crucial information about the charity of your choice in terms of fiscal responsibility and organizational efficiency. Please note that you should consider reading the annual reports online of the organizations that you are contemplating making a donation to or requesting their financial records via mail if they are not available online.

Charitable Giving Resources

The following online companies are great resources for determining if the non-profit organization that you are interested in is not only legitimate, but that it is operating with the highest level of efficiency. In general, a non-profit organization should spend no more than 25% of its annual income on overhead, meaning that at least 75% should go to actual services. Anything above 75% is really good and anything between 50-75% should make you do further research before making a donation.

BBB Wise Giving Alliance
www.us.bbb.org

Charity Navigator
www.charitynavigator.org

Independent Charities of America
www.independentcharities.org

Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service is a volunteer program for at-risk youth from Brooklyn, NY. Please click here to learn more about their service trip to Johannesburg, South Africa and other activities as Global Ambassadors. To support the program, please click here.

Meet Nobubele of Johannesburg, South Africa, the first recipient of The Journey for Change Educational Scholarship, funded by the Global Ambassadors.

To view a CNN.com video of the participants in South Africa, please click here. To view the CNN.com Black in America 2 video on Journey for Change, please click here. To view the CNN.com Black in America 2 video on Journey for Change HIV/AIDS, please click here.

To read the Journey for Change Ambassadors blogs on CNN.com, please click here. To read Soledad O'Brien's Behind the Scenes: Out of Bushwick on CNN.com, please click here.

To view Journey for Change photos, please click here. To meet our 30 Journey for Change Global Ambassadors, please click here.

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