582 New Charity Ratings Available Today from Charity Navigator 20DEZ13

CHARITY NAVIGATOR'S DEC e mail newsletter includes updated rankings on 586 charities this month and 12 new charities and their ratings. If you are going to donate to those in need (and I hope you will) be smart and check the charity out with Charity Navigator first!

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Thank You For Using Charity Navigator   We wish to thank you for using our service to guide your charitable giving this past year. To show our appreciation and to help you make an informed decision before the year ends, our analysts have updated nearly 600 charity ratings and added another dozen charity ratings to our site. Best wishes in all your charitable endeavors this holiday season. Sincerely, The Charity Navigator Staff   December 20th Site Update 582 Charities with New Ratings including: 4-star Doctors Without Borders, USA 4-star Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation 3-star Our Military Kids 1-star American Breast Cancer Foundation 0-star Coalition to Salute America's Heroes 0-star Cancer Survivor's Fund 12 New Charities Added including 3-star Project Self-Sufficiency of Loveland-Fort Collins 3-star Family & Children's Service 3-star Teen Parent Connection 1-star Pastoral Leadership Institute   Charity Navigator to Ring the NYSE Opening Bell!  At the height of the year-end giving season, Charity Navigator will ring The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). We couldn't be more excited and we hope you'll tune in to watch Pat Dugan, Chairman of the Board and co-founder of Charity Navigator; Marion Dugan, co-founder; and Ken Berger, President & CEO of Charity Navigator ring the bell. Watch the Ceremony Live Online on 12/27 @ 9:30 am >>>   Time Is Running Out!  Your gifts to charity are an expression of your generosity and commitment to solving the problems that threaten our society. Even if your intentions are 100% altruistic, Uncle Sam still rewards your charitable endeavors by making these gifts tax-deductible. But remember you must make your donation by December 31 to claim the tax deduction on your 2013 taxes. Go To Holiday Giving Guide>>Go To Tax Benefits of Giving>>     Visit our site to see our updated Top 10 Naughty & Nice lists. View all Top 10 Lists View our Expanded List of the Highest and Lowest Rated Charities   NEW feature! Add ANY IRS Registered Nonprofit to 'My Charities' At Charity Navigator we currently rate 7,000 charities. Registered users have the ability to follow any of these organizations by adding them to 'My Charities'. We're happy to announce that you can now also follow any of the 1.4 million unrated nonprofits found on our site. With this expanded feature you can manage a comprehensive list of all the nonprofits you care about, whether we rate them or not.     This Year... Our analysts updated ratings for more than 5,500 charities' ratings We added 1,037 new charity ratings to our site We added a page of information for the remainder of the 1.4 million U.S. nonprofits We added Results Reporting data for 600 charities Join the 25,000 donors who gave close to $1.2 million to Charity Navigator in 2013 and Donate Now to ensure our accomplishments are just as plentiful in the new year.   Visit Ken's Commentary to read his recent Blogs   Visit the Charity Navigator Blog to read our recent posts

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