Highlighting Excellence in Leadership, Finances, and Mission-Driven Work
By meeting key standards of board oversight, finances, results reporting and fundraising appeals, One Warm Coat achieved accreditation by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. This accreditation signifies that One Warm Coat is deserving of donor trust as a well-run nonprofit organization.
“One Warm Coat is proud to receive accreditation from the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, a trusted source for accountability and transparency among businesses, nonprofits, and the public,” said Beth Amodio, President & CEO. “By achieving all 20 Standards for Charity Accountability, One Warm Coat reaffirms its commitment to transparency, strong stewardship, and excellence in support of our mission to provide free coats to children and adults in need while promoting volunteerism and environmental sustainability.”
The BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA) is one of the nation’s mostcomprehensive charity evaluators, assisting donors in making sound giving decisions. Donors know they can trust a charity if it is accredited by the BBB WGA. Each BBB WGA charity report process involves a rigorous review using 20 holistic BBB Charity Standards, interaction with charity officials about corrective actions needed to address deficiencies, and quality control measures to assure report accuracy.
“The public can be assured that every charity evaluation is completed with careful, objective analysis of charity information,” says Bennett Weiner, President and CEO of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, “By achieving accreditation, One Warm Coat has earned public trust having demonstrated its commitment to sound governance, transparency and achieving its mission.”
ABOUT ONE WARM COAT
Founded in 1992 by one woman with one coat to give, One Warm Coat is a national nonprofit organization that originated with one simple act of kindness. With a deep-seated belief in the power of collective action, One Warm Coat engages and supports thousands of volunteers each year to collect coats, sharing warmth with half a million people in need in communities nationwide. Over the past 34 years, One Warm Coat has distributed more than 9 million coats through a network of 1,900 local nonprofit partners, keeping more than 23 million pounds of textiles out of landfills. Visit onewarmcoat.org today to learn how individuals and organizations can engage with One Warm Coat’s mission to share warmth, not waste.
ABOUT BBB WISE GIVING ALLIANCE
BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA) is a standards-based charity evaluator that seeks to verify the trustworthiness of nationally-soliciting charities by completing rigorous evaluations based on 20 holistic standards that address charity governance, effectiveness reporting, finances, fund raising, appeal accuracy, and other issues. National charity reports are produced by the BBB WGA and local charity reports are produced by local Better Business Bureaus – all reports are available at Give.org.