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Sierra Club Foundation Earns Ninth Consecutive Charity Navigator Four-Star Rating
By Eric Lombardo, Administrative Coordinator, Sierra Club Foundation
On March 1, 2018, Charity Navigator awarded the Sierra Club Foundation four stars in its annual assessment, the highest rating a charity can achieve. The Foundation is honored to have received a four-star rating every year since 2010. This recognition affirms our longstanding commitment to transparency, accountability, and strong financial health.
Michael Thatcher, in a letter to the Sierra Club Foundation recognizing this achievement, wrote: “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 four-star rating verifies that Sierra Club Foundation exceeds industry standards and outperforms most charities in your area of work. Only two percent of the charities we evaluate have received at least nine consecutive four-star evaluations.”
The Sierra Club Foundation promotes efforts to educate and empower people to protect and improve the natural and human environment. The Foundation supports climate solutions, conservation, and movement-building through a powerful combination of strategic philanthropy and grassroots advocacy rooted in equity, justice and inclusion. This four-star rating upholds our commitment to achieve this mission in the most efficient and effective way possible.