On May 20, 2019 the Germanna Foundation earned a 2019 Platinum 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 Foundation is making toward its mission, the organization is helping donors move beyond simplistic ways of nonprofit evaluation such as overhead ratios.
“In accordance with our long-held belief in being transparent about our work,” said Tim Sutphin, Germanna Foundation Executive Director, “we are excited to convey our organization’s results in a user-friendly and highly visual manner. By updating our GuideStar Nonprofit Profile to earn a Platinum Seal, 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 Germanna Foundation added extensive information to its GuideStar 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, the Foundation has demonstrated its commitment to transparency and to giving donors and funders meaningful data to evaluate nonprofit performance.
These metrics shows our commitment to our constituents. By sharing metrics, we show our progress, our dreams and commitment to expanding the Germanna Foundations mission. We need our audience to see the progress we make and the successes we have as an organization. Reaching the goal of Platinum Seal is a major accomplish for the Germanna Foundation and helps reinforce our commitment to donors.
“I encourage you to visit our Nonprofit Profile on GuideStar to see what we’re all about,” added Sutphin. “We’re thrilled that our Platinum Seal of Transparency and the associated benefits help us better communicate our organization’s exciting initiatives at a global scale.”
See the Germanna Foundation’s profile: https://www.guidestar.org/profile/54-6048585
About the Germanna Foundation
The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization chartered in 1956 to preserve the heritage of the earliest organized settlements of Germans in colonial Virginia in 1714 and 1717, and tells America’s story of liberty through the frontier experience of her settlers and descendants using archaeological, historical, and genealogical research and interpretation. Our stewardship includes:
- Fort Germanna Visitor Center, Museum & Genealogy Library
- Hitt Archaeology Center
- Germanna Memorial Garden
- 170-acre Siegen Forest Hiking and Nature Trails
- 1714/1717 Fort Germanna archaeology site
- Lt Gov Alexander Spotswood’s Mansion ‘Enchanted Castle’ archaeology site
- Historic 1757 Salubria — Georgian-style manor house
- 1800 Peter Hitt Farm and cemetery
- Maintaining a genealogical database with over 120,000 records
- Publishing The Germanna Record series with 21 volumes
For more information, go to Germanna.org or find us on all social media platforms
About GuideStar Nonprofit Profiles
The GuideStar database contains a profile for every tax-exempt nonprofit registered with the IRS. GuideStar encourages every nonprofit to claim and update its profile at no cost to the organization. Updating allows nonprofits to share a wealth of up-to-date information with the more than 10 million people who visit GuideStar to learn more about nonprofit organizations each year. Updating also allows nonprofits to share information with the more than 200 philanthropic websites and applications that are powered by GuideStar data. To reach a given participation level, organizations need to complete all required fields for that participation level. The GuideStar participation levels, acknowledged as symbols of transparency in the nonprofit sector, are displayed on all updated participants’ profiles in the GuideStar database.
GuideStar, guidestar.org, is the world’s largest source of nonprofit information, connecting people and organizations with data on 2.7 million current and formerly IRS-recognized nonprofits. Each year, more than 10 million people, including individual donors, nonprofit leaders, grantmakers, government officials, academic researchers, and the media, use GuideStar data to make intelligent decisions about the social sector. GuideStar Nonprofit Profiles are populated with information directly from nonprofits, the IRS, and other partners in the nonprofit sector. The Seal levels, acknowledged as symbols of transparency in the nonprofit sector, are earned by nonprofits providing specific information to its profile to. In addition, users see GuideStar data on more than 200 philanthropic websites and applications like AmazonSmile, Facebook, and Network for Good. Foundation Center and GuideStar joined forces to become Candid, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Find out more at candid.org and on Twitter @CandidDotOrg.
Travel to Germany with the Germanna Foundation