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RAFT ranked #1 on two TOP TEN lists on Charity Navigator!

RAFT started the New Year with a high note earning a large number of new reviews and the most page views on Charity Navigator, America's largest independent charity evaluator.

RAFT currently enjoys the numero uno position in the Top 10 Non-University Education Charities list with the highest number of page views. RAFT received 1461 hits, around 400 more than DonorsChoose and Scholarship America, who got 1059 and 1030 hits respectively.

Charity Navigator in partnership with GreatNonprofits ran an Education Write a Review Campaign to encourage people to share their stories about Education charities. In this recent poll, RAFT took top spot with a total of 37 new reviews.

The other non-profit educational organizations in this top 10 included Lee Pesky Learning Center, Citizen Schools, Little Kids Rock and DonorsChoose. These 10 highly-rated charities received the most number of new reviews in September 2011. You can also add your review on Charity Navigator.

Charity Navigator provides free financial evaluations of America's charities. The organization is the individual donor's first source for unbiased news and information on philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, wise giving, donating money and charitable donations. Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator has become the nation's largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities.
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