Jana’s Campaign and GuideStar

Hays, KS – Jana’s Campaign, Inc. recently received the GuideStar Exchange Gold participation level, a leading symbol of transparency and accountability provided by GuideStar USA, Inc., one of the premier online sources of not-for-profit information.  This level demonstrates Jana’s Campaign’s deep commitment to not-for-profit transparency and accountability.

“Jana’s Campaign has worked hard to showcase our progress toward our mission to reduce gender violence, and our long-held belief in being transparent about our work to our constituents,” said Eric Sader, Executive Director.  “As a GuideStar Exchange Gold Participant, we use the Exchange platform to share a wealth of up-to-date information about our work to our supporters and GuideStar’s worldwide audience of not-for-profits, grantmakers, individual donors, and the media.”

In order to be awarded the top qualifying tier of the GuideStar Exchange, Jana’s Campaign had to fill out every required field of the not-for-profit report page on www.guidestar.org for the Gold level of participation.  This included basic information to qualify for the Bronze level, financial data for Silver, and impact information for Gold.

“I encourage prospective supporters to check out our profile on GuideStar to see what Jana’s Campaign is all about,” added Sader.  “We are engaged in exciting prevention initiatives in the fields of domestic violence and sexual assault, and we are thrilled to have another platform for communicating our advancement and progress.”

About the GuideStar Exchange

The GuideStar Exchange is an initiative designed to connect not-for-profits with current and potential supporters.  With millions of people coming to GuideStar to learn more about not-for-profit organizations, the GuideStar Exchange allows not-for-profit to share a wealth of up-to-date information with GuideStar’s many audiences.  Becoming a GuideStar Exchange participant is free of charge.  To join, organizations need to update their report pages, completing all required fields for participation. The GuideStar Exchange level logos, acknowledged as symbols of transparency in the not-for-profit sector, are displayed on all Exchange participants’ not-for-profit reports.

About Jana’s Campaign, Inc.

In honor of the late Jana Mackey and other victims of domestic violence, a committed group of activists created Jana’s Campaign, Inc. with the single mission of reducing gender and relationship violence.  “We believe it is our responsibility to use the story of Jana’s life and the story of her death to help reduce violence against women.”  Through our program activities, Jana’s Campaign aims to play a significant role in breaking the cycle of domestic and dating violence and be a catalyst for social change.  More information can be found at www.janascampaign.org.