07/17/25
Gadsden State Cardinal Foundation earns a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
GADSDEN, AL - Gadsden State Cardinal Foundation is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing effectiveness and reliability have helped it earn a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator. This rating designates the Gadsden State Cardinal Foundation as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that the organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s comprehensive criteria that go beyond financials to reflect the work charities do. Charity Navigator is the nation’s largest charity evaluator, providing donors with thorough and credible ratings of more than 230,000 organizations. Since 2001, the organization has been an unbiased and trusted source of information for more than 11 million donors annually.
Charity Navigator analyzes overall nonprofit health and performance based on four key areas: Leadership & Adaptability to help donors understand if a charity has clarity of purpose, Accountability & Finance to explain if they are transparent and fiscally capable, Culture & Community to show how they engage with their constituents, and Impact & Results to explain what they have accomplished.
“We are delighted to provide the Gadsden State Cardinal Foundation 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 the Cardinal Foundation can accomplish in the years ahead.”
“Our Four-Star Charity Navigator rating is further validation that our supporters can trust our commitment to good governance, but also that we’re using our donors’ gifts effectively,” said Hillary Folsom, director of advancement and alumni relations. “We hope it will introduce our work to new supporters who can help us advance our mission to support Gadsden State Community College.”
The Gadsden State Cardinal Foundation’s rating and other information about charitable giving are available free of charge on charitynavigator.org.
About the Gadsden State Cardinal Foundation – The Cardinal Foundation is an approved IRS 501 (c)(3) support organization established to raise, manage, distribute and steward private resources to support the mission of Gadsden State Community College. The Foundation is managed and controlled by a Board of Directors.
For additional information about the Gadsden State Cardinal Foundation, please visit gadsdenstate.edu/alumni/cardinal-foundation.
