The organizations I chose were American Cancer Society, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and Break the Cycle. These organizations don’t really have anything in common except in trying to prevent death, promote awareness, and create some type of relief. The two larger organizations(ACS & AFSP) passes all of the Standards for Charity Accountability but the smaller organization does not  meet all the standards. BTC meets 17 of the Standards for Charity Accountability but not standard 1 and 6.

Standard 1: The board of directors does not review the performance of the CEO once every two years.

Standard 6: There is no effectiveness assessment policy that specifies this assessment will take place once every two years.

Below I listed general information about the organizations:

American Cancer Society:

Board Size: 45

Expenses: $308,030,000

Programs: 75% Fund Raising: 11% Administrative: 14% Other Expenses: Less than 1%

Income: $431,400,000

John R. Seffrin, CEO makes $1,101,119

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention:

Board Size: 29

Expenses: $5,257,972

Income: $5,526,371

Programs: 81% Fund Raising: 12% Administrative: 7%

Break the Cycle:

Board size: 6

Expenses:$1,265,785

Income:$2,267,202

Programs: 71% Fund Raising: 20% Administrative: 9%