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Official nonprofit representatives
Updated over a week ago
  • What is an official nonprofit representative?

    • We strongly recommend that all charities have a nonprofit representative to manage their profile. We recommend that this person be full-time at your organization to maintain continuity.

      There are several benefits of establishing a representative including that your representative can suggest updates to the basic information we display about your charity and earn additional beacons by providing certain data points.

      Here are the steps to create a charity representative login:

      1. Go to your rating page and navigate to the “Is this your nonprofit?” section.

      2. Follow the instructions to fill out the form and submit the application to set up a login.

      Once this application is approved, you will receive an email from us.

  • Why should my nonprofit designate a representative?

    • For a few reasons. Your representative will be able to update basic information about your nonprofit. That way, donors will know the most up-to-date information about your organization. In addition, your representative will be able to provide data points that will earn your organization ratings for certain beacons. Finally, you will receive emails from us about important deadlines and methodolgoy updates.

  • Who on our staff would be an ideal candidate for official nonprofit representative?

    • Anyone in your organization can be a Charity Navigator nonprofit representative. To ensure continuity, we recommend that a full-time employee from your organization – preferably a senior staffer in the fundraising, development or marketing area -- take on this role.

  • How does my nonprofit go about creating an official representative?

    • We recommend this person be full-time at your organization to maintain continuity. Below are the steps to create a nonprofit representative login.

      1. Go to your organization's rating page and navigate to the “Is this your nonprofit” section.

      2. Follow the instructions to fill out the form and submit the application to set up a login.

      Once this application is approved, you will receive an email from us stating such. In the future when you log in and go to your nonprofit's page and you can make updates via the site.

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