Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance on the case, some of the nonprofits have cleaned up their act.

FORBES: Charities Fudge Their Fundraising Costs? Shocking!

The Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance has a free Web site, www.give.org, which pulls together data on hundreds of U.S. nonprofits.

FORBES: Give Wisely To Charity

This year we also note nonprofits that failed one or more standards set by the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance or didn't supply requested information.

FORBES: The 2005 Investment Guide

In it, the coalition acknowledged in effect that the original filing contained false and misleading information--much of it first brought to public attention by Forbes and the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance, a leading charity watchdog.

FORBES: Magazine Article