YMCA Earns Platinum Status with Candid/Guidestar for Transparency

YMCA of Greater Nashua Renews Its Candid/GuideStar Platinum Level of Transparency

Allows Donors to Focus on Progress and Results

NASHUA, NH —YMCA of Greater Nashua today renewed its Platinum GuideStar Nonprofit Profile Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world’s largest source of nonprofit information. By sharing metrics that highlight progress the YMCA is making toward its mission, the organization is helping donors move beyond simplistic ways of nonprofit evaluation such as overhead ratios. (In 2019, Foundation Center merged with GuideStar to form Candid.)

"In accordance with our long-held belief in being transparent about our work,” said Elizabeth Covino, chief community relations officer, “we are excited to convey our organization’s results in a user-friendly and highly visual manner. By updating our Candid/GuideStar Nonprofit Profile to the Platinum level, we can now easily share a wealth of up-to-date organizational metrics with our supporters as well as GuideStar's immense online audience, which includes donors, grantmakers, our peers, and the media."

To reach the Platinum level, the YMCA added extensive information to its Nonprofit Profile on GuideStar: 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, the YMCA of Greater Nashua has demonstrated its commitment to transparency and to giving donors and funders meaningful data to evaluate the YMCA.

"I encourage our volunteers, donors and members to visit our profile on Candid/GuideStar to see what we're all about," added Ms. Covino. “We’re thrilled that our Candid/GuideStar Platinum Nonprofit Profile and its associated benefits help us better communicate our organization’s exciting initiatives at a global scale.”