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Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Opportunity Funding Corporation Announces Winners of 2014 HBCU Business Plan Competition
Washington, DC – (April 14, 2014) The Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC), a division of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, selected the winners of its 2014 Business Plan Competition, announced OFC President M. Scott Lilly. The three-day Competition, held in Atlanta was designed to provide collegiate entrepreneurs a real world experience that included conceiving a business…
Read MoreLynn and Dutch: Courageous Friends, Precious Souls
Dutch’s selfless service when caring for Lynn Hertel is inspiring. He knows when she needs to take her medicine, when she will fall ill and even when she’s spent too much time on the computer. But Dutch isn’t a doctor, physical therapist or nurse. Dutch is a companion of the highest heart: he is a…
Read MoreCorporate Social Responsibility is Key to Successful Business
Corporate Social Responsibility is all about connecting your business to the people that use your products and services and your employees. It’s a win-win and “profitable” situation when the public supports a company with an incredible philanthropic footprint and employees want to work for a company when they have the opportunity to give their time,…
Read MorePublic Service Recognition Week on the Horizon
By Michael Hardy The time is at hand for the recognition of government employees who work hard for the taxpayers – Public Service Recognition Week begins Sunday, May 4. Here is a rundown of what’s in store. First, don’t miss our own effort to honor some of the most dedicated. We’re asking you to send…
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10 Steps to Launching a Successful CSR Program
by Brian Greene Good corporate citizenship is no longer a differentiator but is instead a requirement to remain competitive in almost any industry. Yet, many organizations have very little budget to support their CSR mission. But a lack of funds doesn’t have to mean a lack of a CSR mission. Empowering your employees to be your…
Read MoreNAACP drops plan to honor Donald Sterling amid recording controversy
By Ruben Vives and David Zahniser The National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People announced Sunday that Donald Sterling will not receive an honor amid controversy over a recording said to be of the Clippers team owner making racist remarks. The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP had been scheduled to give Sterling the group’s lifetime achievement award at…
Read MoreFar fewer federal employees donated to charity campaign last year
By Joe Davidson In the wake of new figures showing a sharp plunge in employee participation in a federally sponsored charity campaign, the Obama administration is strongly defending new rules on the donation process that charity leaders fear could make things worse. That defense has been called misleading and “disingenuous.” Federal employee participation in the Combined Federal…
Read MoreSteve Greenhalgh, Co-author of New Snapshot 2014 Report, Shares Insights & Overview of Report Findings
On April 24, 2014, America’s Charities held its annual Giving Under The Influence symposium at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. During the event, America’s Charities released its new report, Snapshot 2014: Rising Tide of Expectations – Corporate Giving, Employee Engagement and Impact. Steve Greenhalgh, co-author of the report and Senior Advisor at America’s Charities, was…
Read MoreNARAL successfully lobbies Google to take down ‘deceptive’ pregnancy center ads
By Hayley Tsukayama Google is removing Web search ads for some “crisis pregnancy centers,” after an investigation by NARAL Pro-Choice America found evidence that the ads violate Google’s policy against deceptive advertising. “We have no problem with crisis pregnancy centers advertising online; we have no problem with their existing,” said Illyse Hogue, president of NARAL…
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