As far as charity watchdogs go, this year has not been a good one for the Humane Society of the United States. In April, the respected Charity Navigator service downgraded HSUS to just one star out of four for organization efficiency. (The group was also bumped down to three stars overall.) And in July, the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) changed HSUS’s overall “CharityWatch” grade from “C-minus” to “D.” Unless the rules have changed since we were in school, that’s just one ladder-rung away from … well, failure.
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