BBBS Earns a Four-Star Rating From Charity Navigator
Fort Wayne, May 9 – BBBS is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing effectiveness and reliability have helped it earn a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator. This rating designates Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that our organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s comprehensive criteria that go beyond financials to reflect the work charities do.
Charity Navigator is the nation’s largest charity evaluator, providing donors with thorough and credible ratings of more than 230,000 organizations. Since 2001, the organization has been an unbiased and trusted source of information for more than 11 million donors annually.
Charity Navigator analyzes overall nonprofit health and performance based on four key areas:
- Leadership & Adaptability to help donors understand if a charity has clarity of purpose,
- Accountability & Finance to explain if they are transparent and fiscally capable,
- Culture & Community to show how they engage with their constituents, and
- Impact & Results to explain what they have accomplished.
“We are delighted to provide BBBSNEI with third-party accreditation that validates their operational excellence,” said Michael Thatcher, president and CEO of Charity Navigator. “The Four-Star Rating is the highest possible rating an organization can achieve. We are eager to see the good work that BBBSNEI can accomplish in the years ahead.”
Big Brothers Big Sisters just kicked off its 2025 Recruitment Campaign in April, so this “Give with Confidence” badge comes at the perfect time for our organization. As we search for people who will take the challenge of getting involved with our programs, our 4-Star Rating will allow potential volunteers and donors to know that they can put their trust in us—and they don’t just have to take our word for it.
Big Brothers ’s rating and other information about charitable giving are available free of charge on charitynavigator.org.
About Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana
Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. For 50 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that the ability to succeed and thrive in life is inherent in all children. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer-supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. To learn how you can positively impact a child’s life, donate or volunteer at www.BBBSNEI.org.