The Karma & Cents system for evaluating charities is based upon donor and charity risk profiles.  There is no set standard for evaluating a "good" v. "bad" charity; our job is to provide practical information for donors to make informed decisions.

To date (June 2010) we have evaluated almost 500 charities in Canada and the United States.  Our list is divided into the following types:

• Welfare
• Health
• Education
• Religion
• Benefits to the Community
• Other

We have broken these six categories into multiple sub-categories including international aid and disaster relief, environment, women's organizations, etc.

Our classification system follows that of the CRA.