Development Ratings

The Development Ratings Fund

The benefits of donating through Development Ratings:

Professional selection

We are specialists in recommending international development charities. When you donate through the Fund, you donate to high-impact charities which have been selected based on professional and thorough research and extensive discussions with the management of each of the charities.

Background independent research

We have done extensive background research on each of the charities in the Fund. You can download each of the recommendations under Our research.

Focus

We ensure that your donations go to charities that work in countries where the need for charitable work is the highest in the world.

Accountability

We ask the necessary tough questions to the charities to ensure that they are accountable and use their donations in the most effective manner.

Diversification

Spreading your donations across a range of countries and issues ensures that your donations tackle complementary issues.

Increase your voice with charities

We donate to charities as “Development Ratings”and in effect act as one donor ensuring that your donations are taken seriously.

No waste of money

There is a lot of red-tape and bureaucracy in official development aid – we help you bypass this by targeting the charities that truly deserve your donations.

Automatic Gift Aid reclaim

The Charities Aid Foundation (“CAF”) ensures that Gift Aid is reclaimed so that the charities receive maximum benefit from your donations.

A unique way of giving

The Development Ratings Fund brings private sector accountability and rationality to the emotional sphere of international development and charitable giving

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