Highest and Lowest-Rated Charities

We offer the following list as a quick reference guide to the highest and lowest-rated charity in each cause that we evaluate. In providing this list, our goal is to help you navigate the crowded charitable marketplace and make intelligent giving decisions.

Civil Rights and Advocacy
Highest Rated
Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
(Camp Pendleton, CA)

Lowest Rated
Operation Lookout
(Everett, WA)
Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
Highest Rated
PAWS Chicago
(Chicago, IL)

Lowest Rated
Macomb County Humane Society
(Utica, MI)
Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
Highest Rated
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
(Pittsburgh, PA)

Lowest Rated
Olbrich Botanical Society
(Madison, WI)
Children's and Family Services

Lowest Rated
Parents Television Council
(Los Angeles, CA)
Community and Housing Development
Highest Rated
Habitat for Humanity East Bay
(Oakland, CA)

Lowest Rated
H.O.M.E.
(Orland , ME)
Community Foundations
Highest Rated
American Endowment Foundation
(Hudson, OH)

Lowest Rated
Christian Ministries Foundation
(Brunswick, GA)
Development and Relief Services
Highest Rated
East Meets West
(Oakland, CA)

Lowest Rated
Children's Cup
(Prairieville, LA)
Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
Highest Rated
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago
(Chicago, IL)

Lowest Rated
Defeat Diabetes Foundation
(Madeira Beach, FL)
Environmental Protection and Conservation
Highest Rated
The Conservation Fund
(Arlington, VA)

Lowest Rated
Iditarod Trail Committee
(Wasilla, AK)
Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Highest Rated
Midwest Food Bank
(Bloomington, IL)

Lowest Rated
Rotary First Harvest
(Kent, WA)
Foreign Charity Support Organizations
Highest Rated
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
(Kent, OH)

Lowest Rated
General Israel Orphans Home for Girls, USA
(New York, NY)
Fundraising Organizations
Highest Rated
Arthritis National Research Foundation
(Long Beach, CA)

Lowest Rated
The Rusty Staub Foundation
(Peabody, MA)
Homeless Services
Highest Rated
Adopt-A-Family
(Lake Worth, FL)

Lowest Rated
Panama City Rescue Mission
(Panama City, FL)
Humanitarian Relief Supplies
Highest Rated
Blessings International
(Broken Arrow, OK)
International Peace, Security, and Affairs
Highest Rated
Just Detention International
(Los Angeles, CA)

Lowest Rated
FLAME
(San Francisco, CA)
Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
Highest Rated
Civil War Trust
(Washington, DC)

Lowest Rated
Museum of South Texas History
(Edinburg, TX)
Medical Research
Highest Rated
Autism Research Institute
(San Diego, CA)

Lowest Rated
Walker Cancer Research Institute
(Aberdeen, MD)
Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
Highest Rated
Armed Services YMCA
(Springfield,, VA)

Lowest Rated
Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center
(Niceville, FL)
Museums
Highest Rated
Children's Museum of Richmond
(Richmond, VA)

Lowest Rated
Korean War National Museum
(Chicago, IL)
Other Education Programs and Services
Highest Rated
Communities In Schools of Jacksonville
(Jacksonville, FL)

Lowest Rated
Readers Are Leaders Foundation
(Houston, TX)
Patient and Family Support
Highest Rated
Patient Advocate Foundation
(Hampton, VA)

Lowest Rated
National Caregiving Foundation
(Alexandria, VA)
Performing Arts
Highest Rated
Jacob Burns Film Center
(Pleasantville, NY)

Lowest Rated
Tipitina's Foundation
(New Orleans, LA)
Private Elementary and Secondary Schools
Highest Rated
Gesu School
(Philadelphia, PA)

Lowest Rated
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
(Philadelphia, PA)
Private Liberal Arts Colleges
Highest Rated
Carleton College
(Northfield, MN)

Lowest Rated
Hillsdale College
(Hillsdale, MI)
Public Broadcasting and Media
Highest Rated
StoryCorps
(Brooklyn, NY)

Lowest Rated
Vitae Foundation
(Jefferson City, MO)
Religious Activities
Highest Rated
Mission Waco Mission World
(Waco, TX)

Lowest Rated
Shiloh International Ministries
(La Verne, CA)
Religious Media and Broadcasting
Highest Rated
Andrew Wommack Ministries
(Colorado Springs, CO)
Research and Public Policy Institutions
Highest Rated
Carnegie Institution for Science
(Washington, DC)

Lowest Rated
Progressive Policy Institute
(Washington, DC)
Social Services
Highest Rated
Energy Outreach Colorado
(Denver, CO)

Lowest Rated
Children's Charity Fund, Inc.
(Sarasota, FL)
Treatment and Prevention Services
Highest Rated
Arlington Free Clinic
(Arlington, VA)

Lowest Rated
National Emergency Medicine Association
(Baltimore, MD)
Universities, Graduate Schools, and Technological Institutes
Highest Rated
Drexel University
(Philadelphia, PA)

Lowest Rated
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation
(Columbus, OH)
Wildlife Conservation
Highest Rated
Wildlife Conservation Network
(Los Altos, CA)

Lowest Rated
Noah's Lost Ark
(Berlin Center, OH)
Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Highest Rated
Do Something
(New York, NY)

Lowest Rated
California Police Youth Charities
(Roseville, CA)
Zoos and Aquariums
Highest Rated
Detroit Zoological Society
(Royal Oak, MI)

Lowest Rated
Zoological Society of Florida
(Miami, FL)

 
 
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