The America’s Best Charities Seal of Excellence is awarded to charitable organizations that meet the highest standards of public accountability, program effectiveness, and cost effectiveness. Applicant charities must provide evidence of their program activities and demonstrate the benefit of their services. They must submit for review their most recent IRS tax returns with all schedules. Charities with annual revenues above $250,000 must also submit audited financial statements produced by an independent certified public accountant, including an auditor’s opinion letter stating the charity meets the generally accepted accounting standards in the United States.

To reach the Platinum level, Kennel to Couch added extensive information to its GuideStar Nonprofit Profile: basic contact and organizational information; in-depth financial information; qualitative information about goals, strategies, and capabilities; and quantitative information about results and progress toward its mission. By taking the time to provide this information, Kennel to Couch has demonstrated its commitment to transparency and to giving donors and funders meaningful data to evaluate nonprofit performance.

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America’s Best Local Charities (ABLC) strives to help educate contributors about the work of these worthy causes of our member charities: services to the homeless, families enrichment, education, animal rescue and much more.

ABLC’s mission is to organize and prepare our member charities for effective participation in at-work employee charitable fund drives, to screen and certify these charities to ensure they meet the eligibility criteria to participate in these fund drives, and to provide for the secure, accurate, and timely transmission of contributions from the fund drives to the recipient charities. And to do all the above as cost-effectively as possible consistent with delivering quality service.

Local Animal Charities of America (LACA) is a federation of America’s finest local organizations working to protect and enhance the lives of our four-legged friends.

LACA is proud to offer donors a wide range of organizations dedicated to the sensibilities of animal lovers. Whether you are passionate about protecting farm animals and educating humans on alternative food choices, or protecting pets and endangered wildlife, or whether your zeal is in the arena of service animals, we have a local charity that will appeal to you.