Not exact matches
Civil society minister Nick Hurd
pointed out three - quarters of
charities receive no funding at all from government and so are unaffected, however.
In our rating system,
charities receive 10
points if 85 % or more of their overall annual expenses go to charitable programs, 7.5
points if 75 % to 85 % go to programs, and so on.
Only 18
charities did so (each
received one bonus
point in the Governance and Transparency category).
For instance, if a
charity posts complete audited financial statements on its website, it
receives four
points; if it posts only partial financial statements online, or if it agreed to provide us with complete audited financial statements only upon request, we gave them two
points.
Indeed, if
charities receive enough reward
points donations from enough people, they can redeem them for items or cash that can help further the
charity's goals.
The
charity got a high score on our governance survey and
received points for posting its financial statements online.
The
charity receives 1 cent per
point, up to 500,000
points a year, and 0.5 cents after that.
Many airline and hotel programs offer some way to donate rewards
points to
charity, and often you can select which organization you would like to
receive them.
If your institution can't offer the help you need then they may
point you in the direction of professional debt
charities such as the Money Advice Service, Step Change or the National Debtline, where you'll
receive free, impartial advice.