Initiate a response, i.e. make a contact. From both an individual and societal perspective, it is paramount to be able to ascertain whether an organization soliciting gifts is representing itself correctly. The NCIB's standards in Philanthropy serves as a basis for the elements of this measurement. This measurement most directly addresses the objectives of both the user and provider. Where possible providers were contacted and asked to provide information on the impact of their Web site on their organization.
Facilitation has various levels from a phone number to an e-mail address to submission forms.
Aspects include whether site documents load quickly and how easy it is to move around the document. A subjective approach, much like a movie critic, was taken in the evaluation of the criteria. Assigning weights, giving a score, and coming up with some quantitative value would be such a subjective exercise itself. It places the charities into categories, provides links to them along with an abstract. This meta index provides an access point to all the many resource guides available and illustrates their proliferation.