Spirit Club Foundation Earns a Four-Star Rating From Charity Navigator
- Kim22
- Aug 13
- 2 min read
Kensington, MD, August 13, 2025 - Spirit Club Foundation is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing effectiveness and reliability have helped it earn a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator. This rating designates Spirit Club Foundation as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that our organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s comprehensive criteria that go beyond financials to reflect the work charities do. Charity Navigator is the nation’s largest charity evaluator, providing donors with thorough and credible ratings of more than 230,000 organizations. Since 2001, the organization has been an unbiased and trusted source of information for more than 11 million donors annually.
Charity Navigator analyzes overall nonprofit health and performance based on four key areas: Leadership & Adaptability to help donors understand if a charity has clarity of purpose, Accountability & Finance to explain if they are transparent and fiscally capable, Culture & Community to show how they engage with their constituents, and Impact & Results to explain what they have accomplished.
“We are delighted to provide Spirit Club Foundation with third-party accreditation that validates their operational excellence,” said Michael Thatcher, president and CEO of Charity Navigator. “The Four-Star Rating is the highest possible rating an organization can achieve. We are eager to see the good work that Spirit Club Foundation can accomplish in the years ahead.”
“Our Four-Star Charity Navigator rating is further validation that our supporters can trust our commitment to good governance, but also that we’re using our donors’ gifts effectively,” said Kim Schofield, Executive Director. “We hope it will introduce our work to new supporters who can help us advance our mission to build healthy communities by providing access to fitness and wellness opportunities for people with disabilities.”
In the coming year, Spirit Club Foundation will expand our scholarship program to serve more individuals with disabilities, with a focus on reaching underserved communities across Maryland, D.C., and Northern Virginia. By strengthening partnerships with inclusive fitness providers and hosting our annual Fitness Festivals, we’ll offer more adaptive fitness scholarships, increase access to accessible equipment and spaces, and bring communities together through the power of fitness.
Spirit Club Foundation’s rating and other information about charitable giving are available free of charge on charitynavigator.org.
About Spirit Club Foundation
Spirit Club Foundation expands access to fitness and wellness for individuals with disabilities by removing financial and logistical barriers. Through scholarships, partner agency scholarship programs, and partnerships with inclusive fitness providers, we empower people of all abilities to stay active, build confidence, and connect with their communities. Our mission is simple: make healthy, active living possible for everyone—regardless of ability, income, or background.
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