WEST PALM BEACH, FL (June 2, 2020) – Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League’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 7th consecutive year that Peggy Adams has earned this top distinction. Only seven percent of charities have received seven consecutive 4-star evaluations from Charity Navigator.
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. On June 1, 2016, Charity Navigator upgraded its methodology for rating each charity’s’ financial health with CN 2.1. These enhancements further substantiates the financial health of four-star charities.
“Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League’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 Peggy Adams 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 Peggy Adams.”
“It’s important our donors trust that we’re using their donations wisely to accomplish our lifesaving mission” said Rich Anderson, Executive Director/CEO of Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League. “Our 4-star Charity Navigator rating demonstrates to our supporters our excellent governance and financial accountability.”
“Our seventh consecutive time being recognized as a 4-Star charity coincides with an amazing growth in the programs and services at Peggy Adams and its impact on the lives of animals in Palm Beach County since first being recognized in 2012,” added Anderson. “With the support of our donors, our new Pet Adoption Center will be complete by the end of 2020 and this new building will enable us to save double the amount of homeless animals lives.”
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League’s rating and other information about charitable giving are available free of charge on www.charitynavigator.org. More-detailed information about Peggy Adams’ rating is available to Charity Navigator site visitors who become registered users, another free service.
About Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator, www.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. Charity Navigator can be reached directly by telephone at (201) 818-1288, or by mail at 139 Harristown Road, Suite 101, Glen Rock, N.J., 07452.
About Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League:
The Mission of the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League is to provide shelter to lost, homeless and unwanted animals, to provide spay and neuter and other medical services for companion animals, and to care for, protect, and find quality homes for homeless and neglected companion animals, to advocate animal welfare, community involvement and education to further the bond between people and animals. Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League has a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity navigator, and is the first animal shelter in South Florida to become AAHA (American Animal Hospital Association) accredited. Peggy Adams is an independent nonprofit animal rescue organization operating continuously since 1925. For more information, please visit PeggyAdams.org
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League saves more lives than any other rescue organization in Palm Beach County and provides critical services to more than 35,000 animals each year.
To learn more about Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League, please visit PeggyAdams.org
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Media Contact: Cara MacVane: 561.685.2342 / Email
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League Contact: Lauren Ellis: 561-472-8845 / Email
