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Business details
- Category
- Charity
- Founded
- 2001
- Licensed trade
- No licence normally needed
- Domain age
- 25 years
- Address
- Charity Navigator PO Box 5117 Boone, IA 50950
- Email address
- info
@charitynavigator.org - Phone number
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- Website
- charitynavigator.org
- Social media
Customer reviews
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Is charitynavigator.org legit and trustworthy? Truth score 79 out of 100, high truth signals: 7 of 10 public checks clear, 1 not found, 2 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: no rating found yet.
We read 3 of its pages: about, terms and privacy. Its website address was registered 25 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. We could not find social media profiles or a phone number.
Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.
Positives
- We read 3 of its pages · about, terms and privacy.
- Its website address was registered 25 years ago.
- No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.
Not found
- Social presence information was not found from our checks.
- Phone number information was not found from our checks.
Our technical team has been informed.
What they offer
- What makes them different
- “This is the first major redesign of the document since 1979.” Its about page
Charity Navigator offers support and help through their help page, which can be found in the sources below.
Latest YouTube video
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How to check if charitynavigator.org is legit
To check if charitynavigator.org is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews, visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about charitynavigator.org; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.
Who they are
Company detailsBased in the US; serves the US; founded in 2001 (Wikipedia)
- Where the company is based
- US
- Why we believe that
- the site's structured data states its country, its postcode is a US zip code
- Which countries the company serves
- US
- Why we believe that
- $ prices on its homepage
- Better Business Bureau profile
- Not found
- Type (Wikipedia)
- 501(c)(3) organization
- Founded
- 2001
- Revenue
- 4105726 United States dollar
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 25 years ago
- Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else
- Domain age
- 25 years
- Domain transfer lock enabled
- Yes
Website detailsWe read 3 of its pages: about, terms and privacy
- Company contact email is available
- HTTPS enabled
- Yes
- Contact phone number found
- Not found
- Contact page linked
- Yes
Quoted word for word from charitynavigator.org.
- In their own words
- “Charity Navigator helps millions of people take action and support the causes they care about by connecting them to the best charities that align with their passions and values. Since 2001, we’ve empowered millions of donors by providing free access to data, tools and resources to guide philanthropic decision-making. With more than 245,000 charities rated, our comprehensive ratings shine a light on the cost-effectiveness and overall health of a charity’s programs, including measures of stability, efficiency and sustainability.” About page
Reputation and track record
Customer reviewsRated 3.5 stars out of 5 from 3 reviews on SmartCustomer
| Platform | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot | Unknown | 11 |
| SmartCustomer | 3.5 out of 5 | 3 |
| G2 | Not found | |
| Capterra | Not found | |
| Reviews.io | Not found | |
| Feefo | Not found | |
| Trustindex | Not found | |
| Not checked |
Visitor trafficReal people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months
- Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
- It is among the 100,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)
- Popularity among Chrome users
- top 500,000 sites
- First known user traffic
- Feb 2021 or earlier
- Months with real traffic, of the last 24
- 24
- Traffic pattern
- sustained
- Rank jump in the last 12 months
- none
- Rank drop in the last 12 months
- none
- Popularity across the internet
- top 100,000 sites
Web history and authorityFound: wikipedia page
- Wikipedia page
- yes
Social presenceIts website links to its profiles on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube
- Its YouTube channel has 2,320 subscribers and 123 videos, the latest uploaded on 21 Oct 2026
| Platform | Profile | Audience |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | Unknown | |
| Profile | Unknown | |
| X | Profile | Unknown |
| Profile | Unknown | |
| YouTube | Profile | 2,320 subscribers |
| TikTok | Not checked |
- YouTube channel
- 123 videos, 2,320 subscribers, last upload 21 Oct 2026
What data this site collects about you
What its privacy policy saysWe found this business stores and uses your data
- Says it does not sell your personal data.
- “We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties.”
- Says you can ask it to delete your data.
- “You may access, correct, or request deletion of your personal data, or request that we stop any processing of your personal data.”
Tracking tools on its homepageGoogle Tag Manager
Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete.
- Google Tag Manager
- Loads other tracking tools, which may not be listed here.
Safety
Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.
- Malware or phishing threat status
- None
Data breach historyNo known data breach involving the company
- Known data breaches found
- 0
Domain and email securityIts email is protected: mail forged in its name goes to spam
- MX records
- Yes
- SPF record
- Yes
- DKIM key
- Yes
- DMARC record
- Yes
- DMARC policy
- quarantine
- Security certificate browsers warn about
- No
- Certificate issuer
- Let's Encrypt
- Certificate type
- DV
- Certificate expires
- 25 Nov 2026
- Nameservers
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- 151.101.65.91
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