August 22, 2025
Positive Childhood Alliance North Carolina (PCANC) is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing commitment to accountability and transparency have helped it earn two prestigious nonprofit awards: a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator, and a Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid, the world’s largest source of nonprofit information.
Since 2002, using objective analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most fiscally responsible organizations a 4-star rating. In 2011, Charity Navigator added 17 metrics, focused on governance and ethical practices as well as measures of openness, to its ratings methodology. These Accountability & Transparency metrics, which account for 50 percent of a charity’s overall rating, reveal which charities operate in accordance with industry best practices and whether they are open with their donors and stakeholders. On June 1, 2016, Charity Navigator upgraded their methodology for rating each charity’s financial health with CN 2.1. These enhancements further substantiate the financial health of four-star charities.
To reach the Platinum level on Candid, Positive Childhood Alliance North Carolina added extensive information to its Nonprofit Profile: basic contact and organizational information; in-depth financial information; qualitative information about goals, strategies, and capabilities; and quantitative information about results and progress toward its mission. By taking the time to provide this information, PCANC has demonstrated its commitment to transparency and to giving donors and funders meaningful data to evaluate PCANC.
“Recognition by both Candid and Charity Navigator further validates that our supporters and donors can trust our commitment to good governance,” said Sharon Hirsch, PCANC President & CEO, “We also hope it will introduce our work to new supporters who can help us see our vision that all children and families are living purposeful and happy lives with hope for the future.”
