Charities that Solicit Locally
Charities that Solicit Locally
Your BBB issues BBB Wise Giving Reports on charities that solicit, mainly, in its 20-county service area. BBB will request that a charity participate in our program if:
- the charity has been the subject of a recent request for information (i.e., inquiry) received by your BBB,
- the charity has been the subject of a recent complaint received by your BBB, or
- BBB has concerns about the charity’s programs and/or fundraising activities.
Charities that have received a request for information from your BBB should complete the Application for Accreditation. BBB also encourages charities to initiate the process of obtaining BBB Accreditation on their own by submitting their information online.
You will be asked to provide a few facts about your organization and select a password when your register your charity. We will review your registration information and, if applicable, will email you a separate link in order to complete the Application online. The password you select when you register is the password you will use to gain access to the online Application for Accreditation.
Once you submit the Application for Accreditation, we’ll work with you to develop a BBB Wise Giving Report which will summarize basic facts about your governance, programs, finances, fundraising and operations and show whether or not your charity meets our 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Please note that any information submitted by your organization will be used to complete a BBB Wise Giving Report. BBB Wise Giving Reports typically take three weeks to complete.
Charities that Solicit Nationally
Your BBB models its charity program off a national program, operated by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance (WGA), which is located in Arlington, Virginia. WGA issues BBB Wise Giving Reports on charities that solicit throughout the United States. Typically, WGA works with charities that:
- are not limited geographically,
- have one central office that retains control of several local offices throughout the US,
- issue consolidated financial statements and one IRS Form 990 for its headquarters and all local offices, and
- have a single Board of Directors that controls the activities of its headquarters and local offices.
National charities that wish to participate in WGA’s program, can submit their information online.