ADC Meets Charities Review Council Standards
The African Development Center of Minnesota is proud to announce that it has been certified in in accountability and awarded the Charities Review Council Meets All Standards Seal. The Certification and Seal indicate that ADC meets all twenty-seven of the Council’s Accountability Standards.
Nonprofit organizations such as ADC earn the Seal by voluntarily participating in the Council’s online Accountability Wizard. The Accountability Wizard is available to all nonprofit organizations. It addresses a nonprofit organization’s performance in four critical areas: Public Disclosure, Governance, Financial Activity and Fundraising. By participating in the Accountability Wizard, nonprofit organizations can demonstrate responsibility, integrity and transparency to their constituents.
The African Development Center is now listed (here) as a reviewed organization on the online Giving Guide of the Council’s Smart Givers Network”:www.smartgivers.org and the Council’s Smart Giver newsletter distributed to households, businesses and nonprofits. The listings help a nonprofit organization demonstrate to the public its commitment to accountable and ethical practices and that it is a trustworthy organization. The Council’s Smart Givers Network is the source of unbiased information where smart givers come for help and resources on informed giving. The giving public can investigate an organization’s mission statement and programs, so they can be sure of what their money supports and be sure that the organization meets widely accepted standards.
This process was a wonderful opportunity for our organization to streamline the many ways in which ADC has always attempted to be transparent and accountable to its donors, partners, and clients. We are proud to be officially recognized for the practices we have implemented, and look forward to the many positive impacts this approval will bring to the future of ADC. – Hussein Samatar, ADC Executive Director
