BBB Wise Giving Alliance: Reports on nationally soliciting charitable organizations (USA) that are the subject of donor inquiries. These reports include an evaluation of the subject charity in relation to the voluntary BBB charity standards.
BBC Inside Out - Charity Scam: Exposes a company, Nightingale, that claims to collect for charity. The company targets bars and pubs of the south of England.
Charity Navigator: Guide to help donors make intelligent charitable giving decisions. Offers financial ratings of thousands of American nonprofit organizations and charities.
GuideStar: Free service with information on the programs and finances of more than 650,000 American charities and nonprofit organizations.
National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS): National repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. Its mission is to develop and disseminate high quality data on nonprofit organizations and their activities.
So You Want to Donate to Charity?: This full-length article will take you step-by-step through the process of picking out a charity, giving to it, and getting a tax deduction.