The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Earns Coveted 4-Star Rating
The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia’s strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator for seven years in a row: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Since 2002, using objective analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most fiscally responsible organizations a 4-star rating. In 2011, Charity Navigator added 17 metrics, focused on governance and ethical practices as well as measures of openness, to its ratings methodology. These Accountability & Transparency metrics, which account for 50 percent of a charity’s overall rating, reveal which charities operate in accordance with industry best practices and whether they are open with their donors and stakeholders. On June 1, 2016, Charity Navigator upgraded its methodology for rating each charity’s’ financial health. These enhancements further substantiate the financial health of its four star charities.
The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia’s rating and other information about charitable giving are available free of charge on www.charitynavigator.org. More-detailed information about the Community Foundation’s rating is available to Charity Navigator site visitors who become registered users, another free service.
