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GiveRadar's integrity assessment scores five things, each from official data: Registration (is the organization on its country's official register), Financial Transparency (does it publish financial figures), Governance (is leadership on record), Contact Availability (can you actually reach it), and Data Recency (is its record current). The score measures disclosure, not impact: a 90 has more verifiable information on record than a 50, not better programs. The full point-by-point breakdown is in our methodology.

Charity Navigator scores financial efficiency and accountability for larger US nonprofits. CharityWatch grades fundraising efficiency for a curated set. GiveWell ranks a small number of charities by cost-effectiveness. Each answers a different question, and none of them covers more than a fraction of the world's registered charities. GiveRadar's rating is the registry-record layer: it works for every registered charity in 100+ countries, including the millions no rating site covers, because it is computed from the official record rather than from manual review. Read them together, not instead of each other: our comparison pages lay out exactly what each service does and does not do.

GiveRadar is free for every charity and every donor, with no paid placement, no certification fees, and no way to purchase points. The integrity assessment is recomputed from data: a charity can raise its score only by disclosing more (registering properly, publishing financials, naming its leadership), never by paying. Red flags cannot be paid away either. That is the entire point of rating from official records: the score reflects the record, and the record is not for sale.