Navigating the World, One Charity at a Time

For many, the holiday season is a time of giving, when people think a bit more about those with less, or those affected by war or other calamities. Globally, private philanthropy is big and growing. Nonprofit foundation Giving Tuesday alone is now a worldwide phenomenon that raised more than three billion dollars last month. But how to know whether your charity is impactful? Much of the non-profit world is opaque on the best of days. Our guest today, Michael Thatcher, President and CEO of Charity Navigator, regularly examines and rates 200,000 American nonprofits, aiming to provide objective criteria to guide giving. Today, the US; tomorrow, the world.