• Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance
  This organization, a division of the Better Business Bureau, rates charitable organizations according to pre-set standards and provides the full text of its reports online.
  http://www.give.org
  
  
• American Institute of Philanthropy
  The website contains an index of the top-rated charities and articles about donating. Its complete list of ratings for charitable organizations is published in a book available for $3.00 which can be ordered on the website.
  http://www.charitywatch.org
  
  
• "Charity Fraud"
  This Federal Trade Commission website offers advice on giving to nonprofit organizations and has an online consumer complaint form.
  http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/charityfraud/index.html
  
  
• GuideStar
  This website contains tax returns and other financial information for more than 850,000 nonprofit organizations in the United States.
  http://www.guidestar.org/
  
  
• Tax Information for Charitable Organizations
  This Internal Revenue Service site describes the regulations for a charity to receive nonprofit status, charitable foundation status, disclosure requirements for contributions, and unrelated business income tax for charities.
  http://www.irs.gov/charities/index.html

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