Tamaqua charity reaches GuideStar platinum seal of transparency

The Tamaqua Area Community Partnership, doing business as the “Tamaqua Community Arts Center” and “Hope & Coffee” has earned the 2018 Platinum GuideStar Nonprofit Profile Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar.

“In accordance with our long-held belief in being transparent about our work,” said Executive Director Micah Gursky, “we are excited to convey our organization’s results in a user-friendly and highly visual manner. By updating our GuideStar Nonprofit Profile to the Platinum level, we can now easily share a wealth of up-to-date organizational metrics with our supporters as well as GuideStar’s immense online audience, which includes donors, grantmakers, our peers, and the media.”

To reach the Platinum level, the Tamaqua Area Community Partnership added extensive information to its nonprofit profile on GuideStar.

“We measure success by how well we are creating opportunities to engage in the arts; we measure success by how many come to Hope & Coffee — Tamaqua when they are looking for a safe and friendly place to be,” Gursky added. “Our websites and social media pages contain a lot of information but many donors want the confidence that a GuideStar Platinum rating brings. I encourage you to visit our profile on GuideStar to see what we’re all about.”

The GuideStar database contains a profile for every tax-exempt nonprofit registered with the IRS.