Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center in Hilo earns Charity Navigator’s highest Four-Star rating

Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center has earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator.

This rating designates East Hawai‘i’s non-profit community mediation center as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, which means the 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, according to the organizationʻs news release.

Charity Navigator analyzes nonprofit performance based on four key indicators: impact & results, accountability & finance, culture & community, and leadership & adaptability.

Ku’ikahi Mediation Center is located in Hilo. According to its website, for 40 years it has helped individuals, families, organizations, businesses, schools and others find creative solutions to challenging situations through mediation, facilitation and training.

“We are delighted to provide Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center 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 Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center is able to accomplish in the years ahead.”

Julie Mitchell, Ku’ikahi executive director, said: “Our Four-Star Charity Navigator is further validation that our supporters can trust our commitment to good governance and fiscal health,” said  “We hope that it will introduce our conflict prevention and resolution work to new supporters who can help us advance our purpose of ‘Finding Solutions, Growing Peace.’”

Ku‘ikahi’s rating and other information about charitable giving are available at charitynavigator.org.

For more information, call Ku‘ikahi at 808-935-7844 or visit hawaiimediation.org.