16 January, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Before making a donation to the efforts in Haiti, I wanted to do a bit of research.  I don’t simply want to donate money to make myself feel all nice and charitable – I want my money to actually help people. The American Institute of Philanthropy has released their list of the top-ranked charities working in Haiti.  The charities on the list have all received an A grade and meet the following criteria:

1) A charity should spend at least 75% of its budget on program services.
2) Charities should spend no more than $25 to raise $100.

This is important to me. I avoid charities that spend too much money on admin (and many of them do). I ended up choosing the International Rescue Committee, which is rated A+.  This organization appealed to me, but I’m sure that any of the organizations on the list are worthy of your donation.

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