Candid is a nonprofit organization that helps individuals select nonprofit organizations before engaging in benevolent activity. They are the go-to source in helping donors do good by finding out where a particular nonprofit’s money comes from, where it goes, and why it matters. Candid's data tools on nonprofits, foundations, and grants are the most comprehensive in the world. A tool exists at their website, www.candid.org, to gauge the transparency of an organization through a simple rating: bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Only a small subset of nonprofit organizations registered with the IRS have gone through the due diligence of providing all the necessary information to earn a seal of transparency with Candid. According to a recent blog post, about 5% of the 1.7 million nonprofits registered with the IRS earned a seal of transparency with Candid.

For calendar year 2022, the Wendl Foundation has earned the silver level of transparency by Candid. Of the 5% of nonprofit organizations that hold a Candid seal of transparency, the chart above shows about 19% of them are classified in the silver category.

Nonprofit organizations such as the Wendl Foundation who earn the Candid transparency seal of approval are free to post the emblem on their website along with including the information on their brochure materials distributed to potential donors (see below).