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February 21, 2009
1 person found this review helpful
As much as those of us who run nonprofit organizations believe in our mission, and our ability to communicate the importance of what we do, the simple fact is that we're not the best people to tell our story. The most insightful and credible people to do so are the clients, volunteers and donors who experience the results from a different and understandably less biased perspective. Great Nonprofits has now created a central location for them to share their experiences with potential clients, volunteers, donors, and very importantly, with those who run the organization. Able Flight was an early adopter of the opportunity to be reviewed, and has encouraged those who have real-world, first-hand experience with us to, in their own words, "write from the heart" to allow others to learn of this unique organization that provides flight training scholarships for people with disabilities. With links from our w ebsite and newsletter, we welcome those who are interested in our mission to visit Great Nonprofits to learn about Able Flight from those who know us best.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
the ability of our clients, donors and volunteers to have an opportunity to write about their experience with Able Flight.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
continue to establish and build relationships with other organizations that provide information on nonprofits, and seek every opportunity to publicize the program.
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How does this organization compare with others in the same sector?
Very Well
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
Life-changing
Will you recommend this organization to others?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
April 14, 2013
I'm not exactly sure what all GreatNonprofit has done to actually help the community, however, if it is to utilize this site in order to "rate" a service or nonprofit agency....it is far below expectations. First, the customer service portal is very inept. Absolutely no phone number to place a call.
Secondly, don't trust the star rating system because any person can come here and give a testimonial regarding a nonprofit and not even know the company nor worked or were serviced by said nonprofit. I know this firsthand as my ratings have dropped from a full 5 star of 89 families that we have worked directly with ...to 4.5 stars as now malicious people pretending to have first hand knowledge of our company starts to write bad reviews, purposely and maliciously. I, as President and Founder, have brought this to the attention of GreatNonprofits and they've done nothing. Apparently anyone can say anything they want, including libeling a person and company, and GreatNonprofits will let their statements stand as a "true rating." Very very poor system, no monitoring, no effective communications. I hope GuideStar finds another service company because this is very poor.
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How does this organization compare with others in the same sector?
Badly
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
None
Will you recommend this organization to others?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2013
1 person found this review helpful
June 5, 2012
1 person found this review helpful
Sorry, but despite what might be good intentions, the road to hellacious results is well-paved here. Review are few and far between, so all a charity has to do is have some of its friends write five star reviews and voilà!, we have a great nonprofit. I cannot get over the fact that Children of the Night is one of the greats when I was literally crippled by members of the charity while Lois Lee the founder and executive director watched, having lured me out on false pretense in the first place. Talk about charity competition. Anyway, I wouldn't buy into the star gazing here. It doesn't mean much in the way of greatness.
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How does this organization compare with others in the same sector?
Badly
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
None
Will you recommend this organization to others?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
What is unique about this organization?
It bases its findings on surveys of next to none.
April 6, 2011
Great NonProfits is wonderful! I have found working with them was a very pleasant and professional experience.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Working together improving parts of their website. They have an excellent understanding of the needs and requirements of their end-users.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
do nothing! GNP is doing just fine.
November 20, 2011
1 person found this review helpful
People want to help others, and that often means getting involved somehow with nonprofits. We want to find effective ones, and avoid the questionable ones.
It helps to find user reviews of nonprofits.
This review is self referential, in part, to get the word out better. GreatNonprofits does a really useful and good job, and more people need to hear about it.
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Will you volunteer or donate to this organization beyond what is required of board members?
Definitely
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
Life-changing
Will you tell others about this organization?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
November 19, 2010
1 person found this review helpful
GreatNonprofits is is great service for nonprofits of all sizes and walks of life. They are like the "Yelp for nonprofits". Folks can rate nonprofits and share their personal experience, so that others can learn about them from more than just the staff and marketing materials.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Perla Ni and her team work hard to make sure people who have had an experience with a nonprofit (e.g. volunteer, donor, board member, etc.) can share it with others, inspiring others to get involved and do something.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
help them spread the word to get more people writing reviews and sharing their experiences.
November 12, 2010
4 people found this review helpful
This group allows stalkers and kooks to post false negative "reviews" about any non-profit they like. They are allowing people to harass good groups which help children and animals. They do not enforce their own Terms and Conditions, "You may post or submit feedback, materials, information, ideas, opinions and other content ("Content"), provided that your Content does not: (i) violate a third party's rights, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right; (ii) contain material that is false, intentionally misleading, or defamatory; (iii) contain material that is unlawful, including illegal hate speech or pornography; exploits or otherwise harms minors; (iv) contain images of or links or references to tobacco and alcohol products; or (v) violate or advocate the violation of any law or regulation."
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
They have allowed a cyberstalker to post obscene, disgusting, libelous, false "reviews" about my organization. They have allowed a sicko to post that I "ass raped a baby to death" and I "give porn to children." They've allowed this person to post that I'm a "convicted criminal" with a "bench warrant out for my arrest." These things are utterly untrue. This company has no shame.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Shut it down, sue the board of directors and arrest them for aiding and abetting criminal stalkers.
4 people found this review helpful
April 15, 2010
4 people found this review helpful
Great Non-Profits does not appear to be committed to responsible philanthropy. It permits reviewers to post libelous statements about institutions. For example, one anonymous reviewer accuses the two top executives of an institution with which I am affiliated, The National Center for Public Policy Research, of keeping most of the money raised by the institution. Together, their compensation was roughly 3.5% of the expenditures and, according to an independent survey commissioned in 2007, their salaries were substantially below the mean. GreatNonprofits will not take down the numerous libelous statements. This does a tremendous disservice not only to my institution, but to GreatNonprofits as once it was informed of the false information, it incurred legal liability if it continued to post them. This suggests extremely poor judgment. Non-profit reviews from the public can be of great value to donors, if that are responsible. Reviews intended as malicious do not better inform prospective donors, nor, for that matter, do reviews from those with no experience with the institution in question. The reviewer in question was not a donor, but a relative of a donor. Those of us who have been in the non-profit field for a while recognize that there are those who object to charitable giving that will cut into
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
...harming the reputation of an independent, free market non-profit organization.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Monitor reviews for evidence of malicious intent and take such reviews down. Negative opinions are fine and can be helpful to donors, but deliberately false and misleading information does not help donors become better informed.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Though the response to my request for correction was completely inadequate, it was at least courteous.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Courteous, yet unhelpful. Lacked judgment.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
???
Ways to make it better...
GreatNonprofits would have exercised good judgement and, at minimum, taken down the libelous portions of the review.
In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
Credibility and the risk of litigation for itself, its partners, its board members. It risks becoming the Wikipedia of non-profit reviews if it continues to permits posts that are anonymous and unmonitored.
One thing I'd also say is that...
This group is a great investment, if you've always wanted your charitable dollars to go to lawyers.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
One time
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
September 30, 2008
We're thrilled to have the opportunity to connect and communicate through GreatNonprofits. Just days after completing our profile, we were contacted by a local business that had some resources to give away. They used our GreatNonprofits profile and reviews to determine which organization they would donate to. GreatNonprofits provides an invaluable service and has created a lively, interactive way to spread the good news being done all around us.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
A donation we received as a result of our presence on GreatNonprofits.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
The passion of the staff.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Change the way we choose to give and work together.
Should this review be counted for a specific campaign?
Springboard Forward
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2008
March 28, 2008
GreatNonprofits has established itself as an innovator in the field in a very short timeframe. The Human Services Center is fortunate to have this new vehicle to promote our work to potential volunteers, interns, and donors. The value-add of this service has already been beneficial to our work as volunteers and prospective interns have found their way to our unique agency thanks to GreatNonprofits. Perla and Vivien have been responsive to the needs of agencies in the development stage.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
recruiting volunteers for our agency.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
go national.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
there is an immediate return on a modest investment.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
innovators in the field.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
market the nonprofit sector to all those who need to understand it better.
Ways to make it better...
I had more time to improve our site.
One thing I'd also say is that...
we are proud of the work of GreatNonprofits on behalf of agencies like ours and the nonprofit sector as a whole.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2008
3 people found this review helpful
December 4, 2007
3 people found this review helpful
Finally - a way to gain feedback from the people who interact with a nonprofit! GreatNonProfits.org solves provides solutions in so many ways -- (1) listening to those served by a nonprofit's services or products, (2) helping volunteers and staff find a great place to work, and (3) assisting donors with a truthful look at the good and the bad. Each of these is a breakthrough on its own. So glad that GNP is growing fast - this sector needs more information, more ratings and more two-way communications that are honest, direct and spur ideas for efficiency as well as effectiveness. Bravo!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Scores less than 5 stars - for someone to not rate a perfect score for a non-profit is real progress.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Design a competition that rewarded the most honest feedback - a la "wisdom of the crowd." To be clear, not the best score, but the most accurate -- like Mo Ibrahim's contest for African leaders to be transparent and truthful.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Learning about new and diverse organizations, that have all levels of impact, and seeing the photos of the participants - it's like a free tour of optimism and tenacity to improve your life.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Entrepreneurial, honest, truthful, and seeking to learn.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Be the JD Power, ePininons or Yelp of the social sector!
Ways to make it better...
As with any new idea, attracting user input to build a critical mass is a core goal. If existing investors like foundations and individuals would participate, then all the knowledge learned so far could be shared.
In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
The typical human concerrn to not say something negative about a service that delivers good. Sharing openly about experiences good and bad will help everyone get better. But, also need to be crafty about how not to scare away those readers who want a fast, easy answer.
One thing I'd also say is that...
GreatNonProfits.org provides more information about a very diverse group of social organizations that benefit society -- it will help find the best ways to improve life and increase high-impact donations.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2007
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