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BGCBigs rated a 5-star charity by Charity Intelligence
Feb 13, 2023
BBBSE Results Reporting Scorecard 2022
We are pleased to share that BGCBigs is currently rated a 5-star charity by Charity Intelligence!
Charity Intelligence researches Canadian charities for donors to be informed and give intelligently. Their website posts free reports on more than 800 Canadian charities, as well as in-depth primers on philanthropic sectors like Canada’s environment, cancer, and homelessness. Today over 500,000 Canadians use our website as a go-to source for information on Canadian charities reading over 1.6 million charity reports. Through rigorous and independent research, Charity Intelligence aims to assist Canada’s dynamic charitable sector in being more transparent, accountable and focused on results.
Charity Intelligence calculates the overall Star Rating using 5 different factors:
Donor Reporting Grade
Financial Transparency
Need for Funding
Cost Efficiency
Impact
The profile pulls information from your charity’s public information, including its annual report, website, audited financial statements and CRA filings. More information and explanations on how Charity Intelligence scores financial transparency and calculates financial ratios is posted here.
Thank you to our Fund Development and Finance teams who have worked hard to achieve this score over the last couple years.