A U.S. charity evaluator awarded Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Inc. a four-star rating for its management practices.

Charity Navigator, based in Glen Rock, New Jersey, rated NCMI after a review of the organization's fiscal and administrative records.

"As the nonprofit sector continues to grow at unprecedented pace, savvy donors are demanding more accountability, transparency, and quantifiable results from the charities they choose to support with their hard-earned dollars," wrote Ken Berger, president and chief executive officer of Charity Navigator, in a letter to NCMI.

NCMI, based on 2009 data, goes above and beyond the demand for accountability, Berger said.

"NCMI is very pleased to have received this recognition for the second consecutive year," said Tom Nees, chief executive officer of NCMI. "It is a tribute to the integrity with which donations are used and efficient administration." 

Charity Navigator, ranked one of the top nonprofit evaluators in the U.S. by Forbes, Business Week, and Kiplinger's Financial Magazine, highlights the work of efficient charities and provides donors with information they need to make a charitable contribution.

"Only 19 percent of the charities we rate have received at least two consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Inc. consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way and outperforms most other charities in America," Berger wrote. "This 'exceptional' designation from Charity Navigator differentiates Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Inc. from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust."

NCMI provides funds from donors outside the denomination to support Nazarene Compassionate Ministries' projects around the world. For the past three years, approximately $4 million annually has been directed to Nazarene programs responding to human suffering in the U.S. and around the world, Nees said.

As a U.S. nonprofit corporation, with a board elected by the Church of the Nazarene General Board, NCMI is one of several international resource partners for Nazarene Compassionate Ministries and the Church of the Nazarene. For more information, visit the NCMI website, www.ncmi.org.

Thursday, March 10, 2011
Lenexa, Kansas
By NCN News Staff