Charity
Navigator (independent charity evaluator)
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm
Better
Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance
http://www.give.org/index.asp
American
Institute of Philanthropy (charity rating service,
watchdog group)
http://www.charitywatch.org/
Charities
Review Council
http://www.smartgivers.org/AccountabilityStandards.html
Independent
Sector
http://www.independentsector.org/issues/accountability/standards2.html
Panel
on the Nonprofit Sector: Strengthening Transparency,
Governance and Accountability of Charitable Organizations
http://www.nonprofitpanel.org/final/Panel_Final_Report.pdf
The
State of Confidence in the Nonprofit Sector
http://www.guidestar.org/DisplayArticle.do?articleId=844
What
Nonprofit Transparency Means to You
http://www.guidestar.org/DisplayArticle.do?articleId=1072
Trends
in Self-Regulation and Transparency of Nonprofit Organizations
The International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law
http://www.icnl.org/journal/vol4iss1/bothwell1.htm
Voluntary
Disclosure in Nonprofit Organizations: An Exploratory
Study
(Social Science Research Network)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=727363
Principles
and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence: Transparency
and Accountability (Minnesota Council of Nonprofits)
http://www.mncn.org/info_principles6.htm