West Orange, NJ –  Spectrum360 is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency has earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator. This rating designates Spectrum360 as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that our organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s criteria. Charity Navigator is America’s largest and most-utilized independent charity evaluator. Since 2001, the organization has been an unbiased and trusted source of information for more than 11 million donors annually.

Charity Navigator analyzes nonprofit performance based on four key indicators, referred to as beacons. Currently, nonprofits can earn scores for the Impact & Results, Accountability & Finance, Culture & Community, and Leadership & Adaptability beacons.

“We are delighted to provide Spectrum360 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 Spectrum360 is able to accomplish in the years ahead.” 

 “Our Four-Star Charity Navigator is further validation that our supporters can trust our commitment to good governance and financial health,” said Ken Berger. “We hope that it will introduce our work to new supporters who can help us advance our mission to provide the highest quality educational and therapeutic programs for individuals with learning, language and social/emotional challenges to achieve their maximum potential; recognize and value the individuals’ unique abilities, learning styles and differences; and serve as a leader in promoting innovative educational programs.

Spectrum360’s rating and other information about charitable giving are available free of charge on charitynavigator.org.

About Spectrum360

For more than 50 years, Spectrum360 has been a pioneer in serving individuals with special needs. Today, Spectrum360 serves children, adolescents, young adults and adults with autism and related disabilities. Spectrum360’s mission is to provide the highest quality educational and therapeutic programs for individuals with learning, language, and social/emotional challenges to achieve their maximum potential as responsible adults in society; to recognize and value individuals’ unique abilities, learning styles, and differences; and to serve as a leader in promoting innovative educational programs. For more information, visit us at https://spectrum360.org/mission-and-values/.

For Media Inquiries, please contact:
Contact: Melissa Kuper
Email: mkuper@spectrum360.org | Phone: 973-509-3050 x271