Could these statistics that reflect operations, fundraising and program costs affect a donor's desire to make - or not make - a gift? TVNA investigates two separate, but similar, initiatives addressing costs attributed to organization overhead:

The Overhead Myth is an informative website provided for nonprofit professionals through a partnership between CharityNavigator, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance and Guidestar. These charity-report organizations gather extensive data and provide updated information on organization status. Their increasing focus on how we perceive and report the costs associated with nonprofit operations urges organizations to "move beyond the Overhead Myth and toward the Overhead Solution by proving their worth based on impact." For more information, click here to explore the Overhead Myth online tools and resources.

CalNonprofits provides additional resources for organizations through their Nonprofit Overhead Project. This multi-agency initiative aims to "change how we think about nonprofit overhead." Joined by a variety of key partnership foundations, philanthropic funds and grant-making organizations, CalNonprofits will be convening a statewide leadership task force to guide the development of the Nonprofit Overhead Project. For more information, click here to learn about the Nonprofit Overhead Toolkit addressing overhead management and accounting.