Catholic Charities USA gets high marks

Printer-friendly versionSend to friendALEXANDRIA, Va. (CNS) — Catholic Charities USA is the country’s top provider of social services, according to Charity Navigator’s Holiday Giving Guide 2008. The Alexandria-based agency also finished second overall in The NonProfit Times Top 100 list of the country’s largest charities and 11th in the most recent Philanthropy 400 ranking by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Father Larry Snyder, Catholic Charities USA president, welcomed the recognition. "These rankings are invigorating. They speak to the hard work and professionalism of Catholic Charities agencies’ staff and volunteers around the country," he said in a statement. "It’s my sincere hope that this encourages others to join us in our efforts to help those affected by the economic downturn, especially during the holiday season." Charity Navigator, considered the country’s most utilized evaluator of charities, annually ranks nonprofit agencies in 34 categories ranging from the environment to youth development. The organization assesses the financial health of more than 5,000 of the country’s best-known agencies through what it describes as an objective numbers-based system to develop its rankings.

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