I'm building an app that utilizes people giving to charities - red cross seemed like an obvious choice to include, but now there's no way.
This has been helpful in sleuthing out reputable charities: http://www.charitynavigator.org/
This has been helpful in sleuthing out reputable charities: http://www.charitynavigator.org/
I personally would like to see the Red Cross's response.
This article is new in claiming innefectiveness at usefully spending money to help disaster victims. I would love to see a detailed audit.
http://www.propublica.org/series/red-cross
Red Cross has made responses; I haven't read all the stories but my impression has been is that they haven't been on-point rebuttals:
Red Cross Demands Corrections to Our "Misleading" Coverage. Here's Our Response - http://www.propublica.org/article/red-cross-demands-correcti...
The project began last October: The Red Cross' Secret Disaster, which examined their aid after Hurricane Sandy: http://www.propublica.org/article/the-red-cross-secret-disas...
Both Charity Navigator and Charity Watch give the Red Cross a good rating. The NPR article doesn't seem to agree...
Problem: finding a reputable charity is hard. Why should users trust you?