Become A Wise Charity

Think you have a charity worthy of review as a Wise Choice? Tell Andy about it.

photo of founder of Wise Choices, Andy Wise

If you know of a charity that should be a Wise Choice, you can tell Andy about that here…

A Wise Charity is just that: a charity that is Wise Choice for your donation dollar. We’re not talking about the local chapters of national charity giants, either. Our Wise Charities are – and will be – nonprofits and not-for-profits planted and germinated right here in Memphis, West Tennessee, North Mississippi and East Arkansas.

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Similar to our Wise Choices, those charitable organizations who qualify as Wise Charities must meet these baselines:

UNASSAILABLE RECORD WITH CHARITY NAVIGATOR AND STATE CHARITY REGULATORS

CharityNavigator.org is the most reliable online resource for searching and rating charities. A Wise Charity does not have to be rated by CharityNavigator.org since it only rates charities with more than $1 million in annual revenue. But a Wise Charity must maintain a researchable record on CharityNavigator.org and must maintain an exemplary history with the state charity agency that regulates it.

Learn more about CharityNavigator.org

LOCALLY OWNED/OPERATED

A Wise Charity must be INDEPENDENT — no affiliation with national or regional organizations. It must have originated in the Mid-South with a Mid-South owner, and it must maintain a Mid-South headquarters and a Mid-South mission.

% OF DONATIONS

Each Wise Charity applicant must disclose how much of its donation collections truly support its mission — not fundraising, marketing, campaigning or operations costs. I will verify that percentage with the appropriate state agency.

DEDUCTIBILITY OF DONATIONS

A Wise Charity’s donations must be tax-deductible.

Please submit your responses to these baselines below, as well as your name and contact information. We hope your cause or your nominated cause is a Wise Charity!

— Andy Wise, Consumer Investigator, Wise Choices™