The Four-Star Charity Navigator Rating is Only Awarded to Today’s Top Charities & Best Nonprofits

Purpose on the Planet is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency has earned a Four-Star Charity Navigator Rating in 2026. This rating designates Purpose on the Planet as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that our organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s criteria. Charity Navigator is America’s largest and most-utilized independent charity evaluator. Since 2001, it has been an unbiased and trusted source of information for more than 11 million donors, who are aiming to be fully-informed in identifying the top charities and very best nonprofits for their personal, philanthropic goals.

Charity Navigator analyzes nonprofit performance based on four key indicators, referred to as beacons. Currently, nonprofit organizations can earn scores for the Impact & Results, Accountability & Finance, Culture & Community, and Leadership & Adaptability beacons.

“We are delighted to provide Purpose on the Planet with third-party accreditation that validates their operational excellence,” said Michael Thatcher, President and CEO of Charity Navigator. “The Four-Star Rating is the highest possible rating an organization can achieve. We are eager to see the good work that Purpose on the Planet is able to accomplish in the years ahead.”

“Our Four-Star Charity Navigator is further validation that our supporters can trust our commitment to good governance and financial health,” said Peter Adams, Purpose on the Planet’s Executive Director and Co-Founder. “We hope that it will introduce our work to new supporters who are looking to donate to the best nonprofits and top charities, who are working tirelessly to address the many global challenges of our time.”

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Purpose on the Planet supports improved livelihoods for vulnerable communities in Africa through large-scale tree planting and long-term forest conservation projects, in order to avert the harshest impacts of extreme poverty today and climate decline tomorrow.

The ReWrite Our Story program supports Recruit & Restore project locations in Madagascar and Tanzania and is listed on the UN website as an Acceleration Action for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals:

ReWrite Our Story: Relieve Poverty ∙ Restore Nature ∙ Remove Carbon ∙ Reduce Emissions

Every $20 donated is used to:

– Create one day of work and income benefits for a community living in extreme poverty.
– Plant 45 mangroves or ficuses to remove an estimated 1 metric ton of CO2 during typical maturation.
– Keep all of our donors informed on how they are helping advance 12 of the world’s 2030 Global Goals (and can also develop their own low-carbon lifestyle!) through the insights that are provided by our monthly enrichment series, Sustainable Solutions.


More details on Purpose on the Planet’s ratings and how to assess today’s top charities and best nonprofits can be found at charitynavigator.org.
 

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