Foundation News
SCF Earns 7th Consecutive 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
On June 1, 2016, Charity Navigator announced that the Sierra Club Foundation earned its seventh consecutive 4-star rating, the highest rating a charity can achieve, for strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency. Only two percent of charities evaluated by Charity Navigator have received at least seven consecutive 4-star ratings.
“This is our highest possible rating and indicates that your organization adheres to sector best practices and executes its mission in a financially efficient way. Attaining a 4-star rating verifies that The Sierra Club Foundation exceeds industry standards and outperforms most charities in your area of work,” said Michael Thatcher, Charity Navigator president and CEO. “This exceptional designation from Charity Navigator sets The Sierra Club Foundation apart from its peers and demonstrates to the public its trustworthiness.”
The Sierra Club Foundation promotes efforts to educate and empower people to protect and improve the natural and human environment. We partner with individual and institutional donors to align financial resources with strategic outcomes, provide flexible funding for innovation, build capacity in the environmental movement, and create partnerships with a broad spectrum of allied organizations around shared values and goals. As the fiscal sponsor of the charitable programs of the Sierra Club, we provide resources to it and other nonprofit organizations to support scientific, educational, literary, organizing, advocacy, and legal programs that further our goals.