Eligibility Criteria for Raters

Eligible raters include specialized organizational or social value assessment organizations, social impact and management consulting firms, as well as local and international consultants. Any firm/organization/consultant should demonstrate that it has conducted at least 5 organizational or social impact assessments over the past 2 years.

In regard to consulting firms, only those companies that have a significant and distinct line of business in organizational and social impact assessments will be eligible to participate in ForeignAid Ratings. While ForeignAid Ratings does not prescribe or impose a specific methodology or reporting format, it does require that participating raters adhere to minimum standards of social impact- and organizational- analysis and reporting, such as output-outcome analysis and clear definition of terms and ratios used. This is designed to ensure that rating/assessment reports conducted under the auspices of ForeignAid Ratings provide sufficient information to enable end-users (donors and the public) to make informed judgments about the performance of organizations.

Participating raters that fail to conform to these standards can be de-listed from ForeignAid Ratings. De-listing may occur as a result of any of the following reasons:

1. If the rating/assessment reports do not measure up to reasonable standards of quality.
2. If a rater misrepresents the true cost of a rating/assessment, or takes any other action intended to circumvent the intentions or rules of ForeignAid Ratings.
3. If a rater remains inactive in ForeignAid Ratings for more than 9 months.