For the sixth consecutive year, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro has earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator – America’s largest independent charity evaluator. This heavily coveted award places Boys & Girls Clubs amongst only 4% of charities that have proven to have sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency for six years in a row.
“Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver’s exceptional 4-star rating sets it apart from its peers and demonstrates its trustworthiness to the public,” according to Michael Thatcher, President & CEO of Charity Navigator. “Only a quarter of charities rated by Charity Navigator receive the distinction of our 4-star rating. This adds Boys & Girls Clubs to a preeminent group of charities working to overcome our world’s most pressing challenges. Based on its 4-star rating, people can trust that their donations are going to a financially responsible and ethical charity when they decide to support Boys & Girls Clubs.”
Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator has become the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. With a team of professional analysts that have examined tens of thousands of non-profit financial documents, they work to give donors an unbiased, objective, numbers-based rating system to assess over 8,000 of America’s charities.
Written into Boys & Girls Clubs strategic plan is an overarching goal to manage finances with integrity through maintaining transparency to donors and stakeholders on the annual budget, and provide updates to current policies, audits and tax returns for public viewing on the website on a quarterly basis. After a comprehensive review of data from fiscal year 2015, Charity Navigator awarded an overall 91.04 rating out of 100 to Boys & Girls Clubs confirming that these goals are being met.
