Asheville Humane Society earns 4-star rating from Charity Navigator

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Asheville Humane Society Earns 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

Asheville, NC – Asheville Humane Society’s strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. This is the fourth consecutive time that Asheville Humane Society has earned this top distinction. They are now ranked in the top 9% of charities evaluated by Charity Navigator nationwide.
Since 2002, using objective analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most fiscally responsible organizations a 4-star rating. In 2011, Charity Navigator added 17 metrics, focused on governance and ethical practices as well as measures of openness, to its ratings methodology. These Accountability & Transparency metrics, which account for 50 percent of a charity’s overall rating, reveal which charities operate in accordance with industry best practices and whether they are open with their donors and stakeholders.
“Asheville Humane Society’s exceptional 4-star rating sets it apart from its peers and demonstrates its trustworthiness to the public,” according to Michael Thatcher, President & CEO of Charity Navigator. “Only a quarter of charities rated by Charity Navigator receive the distinction of our 4-star rating. This adds Asheville Humane Society to a preeminent group of charities working to overcome our world’s most pressing challenges. Based on its 4-star rating, people can trust that their donations are going to a financially responsible and ethical charity when they decide to support Asheville Humane Society.”

“It’s important our donors trust that we’re using their donations wisely to help provide a safe and healthy community for pets and their people to live and thrive together,” said Tracy Elliott, Executive Director of Asheville Humane Society. “Our 4-star Charity Navigator rating demonstrates to our supporters that their donations are being used in the most responsible and impactful way to benefit local animals in need.”
Asheville Humane Society’s rating and other information about charitable giving are available free of charge on charitynavigator.org. More-detailed information about Asheville Humane Society’s rating is available to Charity Navigator site visitors who become registered users, another free service.

About Asheville Humane Society
For over 30 years Asheville Humane Society has been saving homeless Buncombe County animals. Today we operate both our own state-of-the-art Adoption and Education Center and the County’s only open door shelter where no local animal is ever turned away. We rescue, reunite, rehabilitate and re-home abandoned, abused, injured and lost animals. We provide education, training and support to keep pets in their homes. Asheville Humane Society has earned the highest rating of Four Stars from Charity Navigator, a designation achieved by only 25% of all charities nationwide.

About Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator, charitynavigator.org, is the largest charity evaluator in America and its website attracts more visitors than all other charity rating groups combined. The organization helps guide intelligent giving by evaluating the Financial Health and Accountability & Transparency of more than 8,000 charities. Charity Navigator accepts no advertising or donations from the organizations it evaluates, ensuring unbiased evaluations, nor does it charge the public for this trusted data. As a result, Charity Navigator, a 501 (c) (3) public charity itself, depends on support from individuals, corporations and foundations that believe it provides a much-needed service to America’s charitable givers.