Modest Endowment Scorecard

Organization	Score	Graph
Action Against Hunger USA	73%
Adelante Foundation	92%
African Medical and Research Foundation	29%
Africare	79%
Amnesty International	71%
Child Family Health International	86%
Clear Fund	20%
Direct Relief International	83%
Doctors Without Borders USA	53%
EngenderHealth	82%
EnterpriseWorks Worldwide	77%
FINCA International	39%
Global Fund for Women	36%
Global Partners for Development	90%
International Medical Corps	88%
Ipas	71%
Nyaya Health	87%
Oxfam America	53%
PATH	21%
Pathfinder International	84%
Population Services International	86%
SHARE Foundation	50%
Stanford University	16%
Verite	100%
VillageReach	46%
Hypothetical Perfect Organization	100%	################################################

Goal	I'm more interested in giving to organizations that are short on funds than to organizations that have huge endowments. The endowment score uses the Financial Questionnaire to look at organization's net assets vs. its total expenses.
Formula	score = (total expenses) / ( (total expenses) + (net assets) )
Example	On the FINCA International Financial Questionnaire, total expenses are 51.5 million USD, and net assets are 79.6 million USD, so... score = $51.1 million / ($51.1 million + $79.6 million) = 39%
Notes	Charity Navigator, in their rating system, also looks at an organization's ratio of endowment to expenses, which they call the Working Capital Ratio, described here and here. Charity Navigator gives higher ratings to organizations with more Working Capital, whereas my scorecard gives lower ratings to organizations with large endowments. But Charity Navigator does also criticize organizations that are stockpiling money without expanding their operations: more here. Give.org, the web site of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, in their evaluations of organizations, also looks at an organization's ratio of expenses to assets, as item 10 of their 20 Standards for Charity Accountability