Charity records · last checked 2 Aug 2026
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Profiles of 42 US charities, sorted by what they do. We publish no scores of our own — every fact on this site says where it came from and when anyone last looked at it.
- Organisations
- 42
- Categories
- 6
- Re-checked 2 Aug 2026
- 4
- Flagged as changed or unconfirmed
- 7
- Facts still missing
- 65
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Browse by what a charity does
- 11 Animal Welfare & Rescue Shelters, rescues, advocacy groups and wildlife organisations. The largest section of this site, and the one where local and national charities differ most in what a donation actually buys.
- 10 Veterans & Military Charities serving service members, veterans and their families. Also the sector regulators have brought the most enforcement actions against, so the watchdog columns matter more here than anywhere else on the site.
- 8 Health & Medical Research Disease research funders, patient-support charities and medical-mission organisations. Research funders and direct-service charities are not comparable on overhead alone.
- 6 Hunger & Food Security Food aid, meal-packing and agricultural development charities, from emergency feeding to long-term food security.
- 5 Global Relief & Development Disaster response, refugee support and international development organisations working outside the United States.
- 2 Civil Rights & Advocacy Legal advocacy and civil-rights organisations. Many are 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) pairs, which changes whether a gift is deductible.
Looking for a faith-based charities? 6 of the organisations above are listed there too.
Changed since we wrote about them
7 organisations on this site have been renamed, restructured, or carry a claim we have not been able to re-confirm. Their profiles still read as they did when written — these notes say what has moved since.
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Humane World for Animals Renamed
Humane Society International and the Humane Society of the United States rebranded as Humane World for Animals in February 2025. Our profile predates the change and uses the old name throughout.
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Petco Love Renamed
The Petco Foundation became Petco Love in April 2021. Our profile uses the former name and gives 1992 as a founding year, which the article attaches to a Petco retail tagline rather than to the foundation.
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Disabled Veterans National Foundation Unconfirmed
This organisation appeared in the 2013 Center for Investigative Reporting / Tampa Bay Times "America's Worst Charities" series. Its current standing has not been re-checked for this migration — see the worst-charities guide for how that list is handled.
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Foundation for American Veterans Unconfirmed
Our article states this organisation passed six cents of every dollar raised to veterans. Reading the article, that figure comes from a Charity Navigator report dated 2006 and the cited link is dead. The Better Business Bureau warning it also cites is from 2016. Neither has been re-verified, and the claim is presented on the site as a dated report rather than as current fact.
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Semper Fi & America's Fund Renamed
Renamed Semper Fi & America's Fund in 2020 when it widened its remit from Marines to all branches of the armed forces. The organisation now uses thefund.org; our profile links to the old semperfifund.org domain.
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Heifer International Renamed
Operates as Heifer International; Heifer Project International, Inc. remains the registered legal name. Our profile uses the older form throughout.
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African Children's Aid Education and Development Foundation Unconfirmed
Our profile links to no organisation website and the migration found none. Existence and current operating status are unconfirmed.
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