Guide Dog Foundation Receives Top Ratings by Charity Watchdogs

Smithtown, NY – The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. recently received the highest rating by both the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance and Charity Navigator.

The evaluation by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance reveals that the Guide Dog Foundation has met all of the stringent standards for charitable accountability. The BBB Wise Giving Alliance collects and distributes information on hundreds of nonprofit organizations that solicit nationally or have national or international program services. It asks such organizations for information about their programs, governance, fund raising practices, and finances.

The Guide Dog Foundation was also recently awarded a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s premier evaluator of not for profit organizations. The rating is Charity Navigator’s highest and most prestigious, signifying that the Foundation outperforms most other charities in America in its efforts to efficiently manage its finances. Charity Navigator was founded to give donors the type of information they need to be more discriminating about the charities they choose to support. The organization provides the data needed to evaluate accountability, transparency and quantifiable results.

Wells Jones, CEO said, “We are honored to receive these acknowledgements by the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance and Charity Rating. We hold them in the highest esteem for providing the detailed data that is needed for a donor to know that the charities they give to have the highest levels of fiscal integrity.” The Foundation is proud of its reputation as a charitable organization and consistently receives high marks from charitable watchdog organizations.

For more information or to learn more about how you can contribute to the Guide Dog Foundation, please call the Development Office at 866-282-8045 or 631-930-9050. To view the profiles that earned the Foundation this significant honor please visit www.guidedog.org.

If you are a member of the press and would like to do a story about the Guide Dog Foundation, one of its graduates, or one of its programs, please contact:

Jeff Bressler, Director of Development, ext. 1151, or direct 866-282-8045
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
371 East Jericho Turnpike
Smithtown, NY 11787
(631) 930-9091
(866) 282-8048

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Thank you for your interest in the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.