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CharityWatch offers ratings on the following organizations in its Charity Rating Guide. CharityWatch considers a group’s willingness to provide basic documents to serious donors as an important factor in one’s giving decision. These documents include an annual report, complete audited financial statements, and Internal Revenue Service Form 990, with applicable schedules. Groups which have complied with CharityWatch’s request and sent these documents are marked in the list below by an open book symbol:

Notes:
· Charity names do not link to charities' web sites from this page.
· The open book graphic is not a link; please see paragraph above.

A

AARP Foundation

Accion International

Accuracy in Media

ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)

ACLU Foundation

Action Against Hunger - USA

Action on Smoking and Health

ActionAid International USA

Adoptaplatoon

Africa-America Institute

African Wildlife Foundation

Africare

AFS-USA

AIDS Research Alliance

Air Force Aid Society

Alaska Conservation Foundation

Alley Cat Allies

Alliance for Retired Americans – National Office

ALM International / American Leprosy Missions

ALS Association – National Office

ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Alzheimer’s Association / Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders Association – National Office

Alzheimer’s Disease Research, a program of BrightFocus Foundation

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

American Action Fund for Blind Children & Adults / American Brotherhood for the Blind

American Association of State Troopers

American Association of State Troopers Scholarship Foundation

American Association of the Deaf-Blind

American Bird Conservancy

American Brain Tumor Association

American Breast Cancer Foundation

American Brotherhood for the Blind / American Action Fund for Blind Children & Adults

American Cancer Society

American Center for Law and Justice / Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism

American Civil Rights Union

American Council of the Blind – National Office

American Diabetes Association

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

American Farmland Trust

American Federation of Police & Concerned Citizens

American Forests

American Foundation for Children with AIDS

American Foundation for Disabled Children

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

American Foundation for the Blind

American Friends Service Committee

American Heart Association / American Stroke Association

American Humane Association

American Indian College Fund

American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Council of Indian Nations / Native American Aid / National Relief Charities / Navajo Relief Fund / Sioux Nation Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council

American Indian Youth Running Strong / Christian Relief Services Charities

American Institute for Cancer Research

American Jewish Committee

American Jewish World Service

American Kidney Fund

American Legion National Headquarters

American Leprosy Missions / ALM International

American Life League

American Liver Foundation

American Lung Association / Christmas Seals – National Office

American Medical Research Organization / Macular Degeneration Association

American Near East Refugee Aid

American Parkinson Disease Association

American Police and Sheriffs Association / Disabled Police and Sheriffs Foundation / Police Officers Safety Association

American Printing House for the Blind

American Red Cross

American Refugee Committee

American Rivers

American Sexual Health Association (formerly American Social Health Association)

American Stroke Association / American Heart Association

American Studies Center / Radio America / American Veterans Center / National Vietnam Veterans Committee / World War II Veterans Committee

Americans Feeding Americans / Feed the Children

Americans United for Separation of Church and State

AmeriCares

Amnesty International of the USA

AMVETS National Headquarters

AMVETS National Service Foundation

Angel Planes / Miracle Flights for Kids

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Welfare Institute

Anti-Defamation League & Foundation

Arbor Day Foundation

Arc of the United States – National Office

Armed Forces Aid Campaign / U.S. Armed Forces Iraq Casualty Appeal / TREA Memorial Foundation

Armed Services YMCA of the USA

Army Emergency Relief

Arthritis Foundation

Asia Foundation

Asia Society

Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund

Asian Relief / World Villages for Children

ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

Associated Humane Societies

Association for Firefighters & Paramedics

Association on American Indian Affairs

Autism Speaks

Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation

Avon Foundation/Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

B

Bailey House

Bat Conservation International

Beckman Research Institute / City of Hope

Believe in Heroes / WWP (Wounded Warrior Project)

Best Friends Animal Society

Big Brothers / Big Sisters of America – National Office

Blinded Veterans Association

B’nai B’rith International / Hillel Foundation

Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute

Bowery Residents’ Committee

Boy Scouts of America – National Office

Boys and Girls Clubs of America – National Office

Boys Town / Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Brain and Behavior Research Foundation / NARSAD

Bread for the World

Bread for the World Institute

Breast Cancer Charities of America / iGoPink Campaign

Breast Cancer Fund

Breast Cancer Relief Foundation (formerly Cancer Center for Detection & Prevention)

Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Breast Cancer Society

BrightFocus Foundation (formerly American Health Assistance Foundation)

Brookings Institution

Brother’s Brother Foundation

C

Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch and Affiliates

Camp Fire USA – National Office

Cancer Care

Cancer Federation

Cancer Fund of America / Cancer Support Services

Cancer Research Institute

Cancer Support Services / Cancer Fund of America

Cancer Survivors' Fund

CARE

Caring for Our Children Foundation

Carter Center

Catalyst

Catholic Medical Mission Board

Catholic Relief Services

CEDARS (Home for Children and Youth Services)

Center for Biological Diversity

Center for Community Change

Center for Constitutional Rights

Center for Reproductive Rights

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Center for Victims of Torture

Central Asia Institute

Charity: water / Charity Global

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Child Find of America

Child Welfare League of America

A Child’s Dream / Youth Development Fund

A Child's Wish Foundation / Children's Charity Fund

ChildFund International (formerly Christian Children’s Fund)

Childhelp

Childhood Disease Research Foundation / Optimal Medical Foundation / National Charity for Cancer Research

Childhood Leukemia Foundation

Children Incorporated

Children International

Children’s Cancer Assistance Fund / National Children’s Cancer Society

Children’s Cancer Fund of America

Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation

Children’s Cancer Research Fund

Children’s Charity Fund / A Child’s Wish Foundation

Children’s Defense Fund

Children’s Food Fund / World Emergency Relief

Children’s Health Fund

Children’s Hunger Relief Fund

Children’s Inn at NIH

Children’s Leukemia Research Association / National Leukemia Research Association

Children’s Mercy Fund

Children’s Wish Foundation International

ChildSight / Helen Keller International

Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism / American Center for Law and Justice

Christian Appalachian Project

Christian Foundation for Children and Aging

Christian Record Services

Christian Relief Services Charities / American Indian Youth Running Strong

Christmas Seals / American Lung Association - National Office

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation

Church World Service

Citizens Against Government Waste

City Harvest (New York City)

City of Hope / Beckman Research Institute

Coalition Against Breast Cancer

Coalition for the Homeless

Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes

Committee for Missing Children

Committee to Protect Journalists

Common Cause

Common Cause Education Fund

Compassion & Choices

Compassion International

Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS)

Concord Coalition

Conservation Fund

Conservation International Foundation

Convoy of Hope

Corporate Accountability International

Council of Indian Nations / American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / National Relief Charities / Native American Aid / Navajo Relief Fund / Sioux Nation Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council

Cousteau Society

Covenant House

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America

CureSearch / National Childhood Cancer Foundation

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

D

Dakota Indian Foundation

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Jimmy Fund

David Livingstone Missionary Foundation

Defeat Diabetes Foundation

Defenders of Wildlife

D.E.L.T.A. Rescue

Delta Society

Diabetes Action Research & Education Foundation

Diabetes Research Institute Foundation

Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation

Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

Direct Relief International & Foundation

Disabled American Veterans

Disabled Police and Sheriffs Foundation / American Police and Sheriffs Association / Police Officers Safety Association

Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center

Disabled Police Officers of America

Disabled Veterans National Foundation

Disabled Veterans Services / Gulf War Veterans Coalition

Doctors Without Borders - USA

Don Stewart Association

Doris Day Animal League (merged with HSUS)

Drug Policy Alliance

Ducks Unlimited

E

Earth Island Institute

Earthjustice

Earthworks

Easter Seals

Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

EngenderHealth (formerly AVSC International)

Entertainment Industry Foundation / Stand Up to Cancer

Environmental Defense Fund

Environmental Working Group

Epilepsy Foundation & Research Foundation

Episcopal Relief and Development

F

Family Care International

Farm Aid

Farm Sanctuary

Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home / Boys Town

Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)

Feed Our Veterans / Feed Our Vets / Scrap for Vets

Feed the Children / Americans Feeding Americans

Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest)

FINCA International - National Office

Fire Victims / Firefighters Charitable Foundation

Firefighters Support Foundation

Firefighters Support Services

First Candle / SIDS Alliance - National Office

Fisher House Foundation

Fistula Foundation

Food and Water Watch

Food Bank for New York City (formerly Food for Survival)

Food for the Hungry

Food for the Poor

Fortune Society

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation for AIDS Research (formerly AMFAR)

Foundation for American Veterans

Foundation for Children with Cancer

Freedom Alliance

Freedom from Hunger

Fresh Air Fund

Friends of Animals

Friends of the Earth

Friends of UNFPA (formerly Americans for UNFPA)

Front Range Equine Rescue

Fund for Animals (part of HSUS)

Fund for Global Human Rights

Futures for Children

G

Gaia - Movement Living Earth Green World Action USA

Gay Men’s Health Crisis

Girl Scouts of the USA– National Office

Girls Inc. – National Office

Give Kids the World

GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)

Glaucoma Foundation

Global Fund for Women

Global Hunger Project

Good360 (formerly Gifts in Kind International)

Goodwill Industries International – National Office

Gorilla Foundation

Government Accountability Project

Grameen Foundation USA

Greenpeace, Inc.

Greenpeace Fund, Inc.

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind

Guide Dogs for the Blind

Guide Dogs of America / International Guiding Eyes

Guiding Eyes for the Blind

Gulf War Veterans Coalition / Disabled Veterans Services

Guttmacher Institute

H

Habitat for Humanity International – National Office

Hadassah

Hale House Center & Affiliates

Handicap International

HealthRight International (formerly Doctors of the World)

Hearing Health Foundation (formerly Deafness Research Foundation)

Heart Support of America

Heifer International

Helen Keller International / ChildSight

Help Hospitalized Veterans

Heritage for the Blind

Heritage Foundation

Hillel Foundation / B’nai B’rith International

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Hole in the Wall Gang Fund

Homes For Our Troops

Hospice Education Institute

Human Rights Campaign

Human Rights Campaign Foundation

Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights)

Human Rights Watch

Humane Farming Association

Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)

Huntington’s Disease Society of America

I

iGoPink Campaign / Breast Cancer Charities of America

In Defense of Animals

Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund / Semper Fi Fund

Interfaith Alliance Foundation

International Campaign for Tibet

International Children’s Fund

International Eye Foundation

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

International Fund for Animal Welfare

International Guiding Eyes / Guide Dogs of America

International Medical Corps

International Peace Institute

International Planned Parenthood Federation – Western Hemisphere

International Rescue Committee

Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund

Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America

Islamic Relief - USA

Izaak Walton League of America

J

Jane Goodall Institute

Japan Society

Jewish Funds for Justice

Jewish National Fund

Jewish War Veterans of the USA

Jimmy Fund / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Judicial Watch

Junior Achievement USA – National Office

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

K

Keep America Beautiful – National Office

Kids Wish Network

L

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

LatinoJustice PRLDEF (formerly Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund)

Law Enforcement Education Program

Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund

League of Conservation Voters

League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

League of Women Voters Education Fund

League of Women Voters of the US

Learning Ally (formerly Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic)

Legal Momentum

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Lifesavers

Lighthouse International

Livestrong (formerly Lance Armstrong Foundation)

Lupus Foundation of America – National Office

Lupus Research Institute

Lutheran World Relief

M

Macular Degeneration Association / American Medical Research Organization

Macular Degeneration Research, a program of the BrightFocus Foundation

Make-A-Wish Foundation

MAP International

March of Dimes Foundation

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

Marine Mammal Center

Marine Toys for Tots Foundation

Mays Mission for the Handicapped

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

Media Research Center

Medic Alert Foundation United States

Medical Teams International

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Mennonite Central Committee

Mental Health America (formerly National Mental Health Association)

Mercy Corps

Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research

Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation

Miracle Flights for Kids / Angel Planes

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

Ms. Foundation for Women

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America

Multiple Sclerosis Foundation

Muscular Dystrophy Association

N

NAACP & NAACP Special Contribution Fund

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund

NAMI / National Alliance on Mental Illness (formerly NAMI & Mind of America Foundation)

NARAL Pro Choice America – National Office

NARAL Pro Choice America Foundation – National Office

NARSAD / Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

National 4-H Council

National Alliance on Mental Illness / NAMI (formerly NAMI & Mind of America Foundation)

National Alliance to End Homelessness

National Anti-Vivisection Society

National Association of Chiefs of Police

National Association of Police Organizations

National Audubon Society

National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund

National Breast Cancer Research Center / Walker Cancer Research Institute

National Cancer Center

National Cancer Coalition

National Caregiving Foundation

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

National Charity for Cancer Research / Optimal Medical Foundation / Childhood Disease Research Foundation

National Childhood Cancer Foundation / CureSearch

National Children’s Cancer Society / Children’s Cancer Assistance Fund

National Children’s Leukemia Foundation

National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare

National Council on Aging

National Diabetes Fund / Project CURE

National Emergency Medicine Association / National Heart Council / National Stroke Council

National Federation of the Blind

National Foundation for Cancer Research

National Glaucoma Research, a program of the BrightFocus Foundation

National Heart Council / National Emergency Medicine Association / National Stroke Council

National Hemophilia Foundation – National Office

National Humane Education Society

National Jewish Health

National Kidney Foundation

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund

National Legal Aid & Defender Association

National Leukemia Research Association / Children's Leukemia Research Association

National Military Family Association

National Multiple Sclerosis Society – National Office

National Organization for Women (NOW) – National Office

National Osteoporosis Foundation

National Park Foundation

National Park Trust

National Parkinson Foundation

National Parks Conservation Association

National Police Defense Foundation

National Relief Charities / American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Council of Indian Nations / Native American Aid / Navajo Relief Fund / Sioux Nation Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council

National Rifle Association

National Rifle Association Foundation

National Right to Life Committee, Inc.

National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund

National Right to Work Committee

National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation

National Society to Prevent Blindness / Prevent Blindness America

National Stroke Council / National Emergency Medicine Association / National Heart Council

National Trust for Historic Preservation

National Urban League – National Office

National Veterans Foundation

National Veterans Services Fund

National Vietnam Veterans Committee / American Veterans Center / American Studies Center / Radio America / World War II Veterans Committee

National Vietnam Veterans Foundation

National Wildlife Federation

Native American Aid / American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Council of Indian Nations / National Relief Charities / Navajo Relief Fund / Sioux Nation Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council

Native American Heritage Association

Native American Rights Fund

Natural Resources Defense Council

Nature Conservancy

Navajo Relief Fund / American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Council of Indian Nations / National Relief Charities / Native American Aid / Sioux Nation Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

NCOA National Defense Foundation

Negative Population Growth

New Israel Fund & Signing Anew

Noah's Lost Ark

North Shore Animal League America / Pet Savers Foundation

O

Ocean Conservancy

Omaha Home for Boys

Operation Homefront – National Office

Operation Lookout National Center for Missing Youth

Operation Smile

Operation USA

Opportunity International

Optimal Medical Foundation / Childhood Disease Research Foundation / National Charity for Cancer Research

ORBIS International / Project ORBIS International

Oxfam-America

P

Pacific Legal Foundation

Paralyzed Veterans of America

Parents Television Council

Parkinson Research Foundation

Parkinson's Disease Foundation

Partners in Health

The Partnership at Drugfree.org (formerly Partnership for a Drug-Free America)

Pathfinder International

PCI - Media Impact

Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue

Pearl S. Buck International

People for the American Way

People for the American Way Foundation

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

People Helping Horses

People-to-People Health Foundation / Project HOPE

Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)

Pet Savers Foundation / North Shore Animal League America

PetSmart Charities

Phoenix House Foundation

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Physicians for Social Responsibility – National Office

PKD Foundation

Plan International USA (formerly Plan USA)

Planet Aid

Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Ploughshares Fund

Police Officers Safety Association / American Police and Sheriffs Association / Disabled Police and Sheriffs Foundation

Police Protective Fund

Population Action International

Population Connection

Population Council

Population Services International

Prevent Blindness America / National Society to Prevent Blindness

Prevent Cancer Foundation

Prevent Child Abuse America - National Office

Prison Fellowship Ministries

Project Concern International

Project CURE / National Diabetes Fund

Project HOPE / People-to-People Health Foundation

Project ORBIS International / ORBIS International

Proliteracy Worldwide

Prostate Cancer Foundation

Public Citizen

Public Citizen Foundation

Q

No Listings

R

Radio America / American Studies Center / American Veterans Center / National Vietnam Veterans Committee / World War II Veterans Committee

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Alliance

Reach Out and Read

Reading Is Fundamental

Red Cloud Indian School

Red Rover / United Animal Nations

Redwings Horse Sanctuary

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Educational Fund

Research to Prevent Blindness

Resources for the Future

ReSurge International (formerly Interplast)

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Ronald McDonald House Charities – National Office

Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

S

SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) - National Office

Salesian Missions

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Salvation Army – Central Territory

Salvation Army – Eastern Territory

Salvation Army – Southern Territory

Salvation Army – Western Territory

Samaritan’s Purse

San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Save the Children

Save-the-Redwoods League

Scholarship America

Scrap for Vets / Feed Our Veterans / Feed Our Vets

Seeing Eye

Semper Fi Fund / Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund

Senior Citizens League (TREA)

Seniors Coalition

Seva Foundation

Shiloh International Ministries

Shriners Hospitals for Children

SIDS Alliance / First Candle - National Office

Sierra Club

Sierra Club Foundation

Simon Wiesenthal Center

Sioux Nation Relief Fund / American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Council of Indian Nations / National Relief Charities / Native American Aid / Navajo Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council

Smile Train

Soldiers' Angels

SOS Children’s Villages - USA

Southern Poverty Law Center

Southwest Indian Foundation

Southwest Indian Relief Council / American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Council of Indian Nations / National Relief Charities / Native American Aid / Navajo Relief Fund / Sioux Nation Relief Fund

SPCA International

Special Olympics

St. Bonaventure Indian Mission & School

St. Francis Mission (formerly Rosebud Educational Society/Little Sioux)

St. Joseph’s Indian School

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (ALSAC)

St. Labre Indian School Educational Association

Stand Up to Cancer/ Entertainment Industry Foundation

Starlight Children’s Foundation

Starr Commonwealth

Student Conservation Association

Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) – National Office

Sunshine Foundation – National Office

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

T

TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors)

TechnoServe

Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge

Tiger Haven

TREA Memorial Foundation / Armed Forces Aid Campaign / U.S. Armed Forces Iraq Casualty Appeal

Trout Unlimited

Trust for Public Land

U

UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief)

UNCF / The College Fund

Union of Concerned Scientists

United American Patriots

United Animal Nations / Red Rover

United Breast Cancer Foundation

United Cerebral Palsy Associations – National Office

United Spinal Association / VetsFirst

United States Association for UNHCR

United States Deputy Sheriffs' Association

United States Fund for UNICEF

United States Justice Foundation

United States Olympic Committee

United to End Genocide (formerly Save Darfur Coalition)

U.S. Armed Forces Iraq Casualty Appeal / Armed Forces Aid Campaign / TREA Memorial Foundation

U.S. Committee for Refugees & Immigrants

U.S. English

USO (United Service Organizations)

V

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. & Foundation

Veterans of the Vietnam War & The Veterans Coalition

Veterans Support Organization

VetsFirst / United Spinal Association

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

Vietnam Veterans of America

Vietnow National Headquarters

W

Walker Cancer Research Institute / National Breast Cancer Research Center

Waterkeeper Alliance

Water.org

Wilderness Society

Wildlife Conservation Society

William J. Clinton Foundation

Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation

Wishing Well Foundation USA

Witness for Peace

Woman to Woman Breast Cancer Foundation

Women for Women International - U.S.

World Concern, a program of Crista Ministries

World Emergency Relief / Children’s Food Fund

World Neighbors (merged with Feed the Children / Americans Feeding Americans)

World Resources Institute

World Villages for Children / Asian Relief

World Vision

World War II Veterans Committee / American Veterans Center / American Studies Center / National Vietnam Veterans Committee / Radio America

World Wildlife Fund

WWP (Wounded Warrior Project) / Believe in Heroes

X

No Listings

Y

The Y (formerly YMCA of the United States) – National Office

Young America's Foundation

Youth Development Fund / A Child’s Dream

YWCA of the USA – National Office

Z

No Listings