One barrier for investors, and others, to use non-profit corporate scrutiny is finding the relevant non-profits and knowing which to trust. To help address this Scrutiny Hub has created an initial database of non-profits. This is a first draft which will be improved in the future.
Please send any feedback on omitted organisations, comments on which non-profits you value, and how else the database could be improved. This will be incorporated into future versions. The aim is for this to come a useful public resource to make it easier to use the research from scrutiny non-profits.
It is a very diverse ecosystem that varies along some of the below dimensions.
- The degree of focus on, and use by, investors. And equally, the balance of focus on real-world projects, policy, public awareness, companies and R&D.
- The balance between activism and campaigns vs partnership and factual research.
- The degree of topic specialism. Some organisations focus on one topic, while others cover a range of sustainability topics.
- Most non-profits are funded by philanthropic foundations or government grants but there are also models charging for membership, data, and events.
- The regional focus is often global, with a bias to Europe and North America.
