[company_age]12.0[/company_age][employees]11-50 employees[/employees][funding]non_equity_assistance[/funding][description]The Charity Defense Council (CDC) is a national leadership organization dedicated to defending and promoting the humanitarian sector. Founded in 2014, the CDC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Topsfield, Massachusetts. The CDC's mission is to "reverse the public mindset" about charity and to teach donors to demand "big impact" from the organizations they support. The CDC achieves its mission through a variety of initiatives, including public education campaigns, media monitoring, and donor advisories. The CDC's public education campaigns aim to challenge the traditional focus on low overhead costs as a measure of a charity's effectiveness. Instead, the CDC argues that donors should focus on the impact that a charity is able to achieve with its resources. The CDC's media monitoring program holds the media accountable for its reporting on charities. The CDC issues report cards on media coverage of charities and produces donor advisories to correct inaccurate or misleading information. The CDC is a unique organization in the humanitarian sector. Unlike other organizations that focus on providing direct services to beneficiaries, the CDC focuses on improving the overall environment for charitable giving. The CDC's work is essential to ensuring that donors have the information they need to make informed decisions about their charitable giving.[/description][ps]Public education campaigns, media monitoring, donor advisories[/ps]