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New JK Group White Paper Addresses Compliance Complexities of Corporate Philanthropy Programs
Source: JK Group With globalization continuing to connect the world and make it smaller, companies must think globally when developing philanthropic programs. According to the white paper, successful international giving programs must overcome differences in language, culture and currency, but most importantly, companies must ensure the non-profits are legitimate aid organizations with established reputations. Fraudulent…
Read MoreWhy Corporate Philanthropy Is a Key to Employee Engagement
By Adam Weinger We’ll get right to it: Studies have shown that companies with engaged employees outperform those without by more than 200 percent. Two hundred percent! Forbes recently published an article that said engaged employees are better producers, more committed to the organization, and are in their career with long-term ambitions. The article went on to…
Read MoreBusy Professionals Find Time to be Global Humanitarians
By Vanessa Small Adriana Ramirez’s black suitcase was neatly packed a week before her big, international trip. There’s no room for procrastination when you’re a mother of two young children going on a month-long business trip. And this is no ordinary trip. She is in Brazil assisting an organization that helps poor children with cancer get…
Read MoreMicrosoft: One of the Best at Communicating Philanthropy Opportunities to Employees
As a new Microsoft employee, you are eligible for a $50 charitable donation to a nonprofit organization of your choice. That’s how easy it is to start being philanthropic as an employee with the company. Since 1983, Microsoft has donated more than $1 Billion to nonprofits via its corporate giving programs, including matching gifts and volunteer grants.…
Read MoreMind the Gap: a Tragic Waste of Talent
By Ryan Scott Recently, I was chatting with a close friend who holds a senior position at a Fortune 50 company. This is someone who is utterly driven, obsessed with work and defined in large part by his professional life, rarely slowing down to catch his breath. But a back injury had forced him to slow down. In…
Read MoreHomeless for 11 Years, Mike Can Finally Develop Hopes & Dreams Thanks to Miriam’s Kitchen
A Message from Scott Schenkelberg, President & CEO, Miriam’s Kitchen: What are your hopes and dreams for the next 10 years? For many of our guests, it’s pretty hard to think about hopes and dreams. The average life expectancy for people who’ve been living on the streets for a long time is only 62. But…
Read MoreMentoring Partnerships: Enhancing Sustained Employee Engagement
By Annabelle Reitman, Sylvia Ramirez Benatti Our journey towards developing a mentoring partnership program model began about five years ago when we looked at the four generations in the workplace and examined how this situation affected employee productivity and performance levels. We realized that the intergenerational workforce was a key factor—with differences in communication and work styles—in…
Read MoreGiving That Gets Results Blog Series
John is from the school of strategic philanthropy. The foundation he works for has four defined program areas, and he’s the head of climate change. He has a well-thought-through theory of change pinned to his office wall, and his team spent nine months refining its highly detailed three-year strategy with clear metrics for success related…
Read MoreWish Kid Defies Odds and Defines Life on His Terms
Sam is no stranger to the hard road. Born with a serious heart condition, Sam has spent his life battling illness and proving people wrong. Most of all, Sam refuses to let anything get in the way of his active status as a hockey player. With the help of Make-A-Wish on March 18, 2014, the San Jose…
Read MoreStories from the field: SPLC ensures Head Start opportunities for Latino children in Louisiana
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) By Jennifer Coco As a parent, Maria* believed it was important for her 2-year-old daughter, Cristina, to attend Head Start in Jefferson Parish, La. Cristina needed to be prepared for kindergarten. She needed an opportunity to learn English. She also needed to develop the independence that would come from…
Read MoreStories from the field: Alabama city operates modern-day ‘debtors’ prison’
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) By Jacob Denney I was preparing to leave the municipal courtroom in Montgomery, Ala., when the bailiff announced that the inmates were being brought in. A handful of men entered the courtroom. Handcuffed and shackled, they shuffled to a long bench and sat down. One by one, they were called…
Read MoreStories from the field: Alabama’s school ‘choice’ law offers no real choice for many disadvantaged children
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) By Kristen Anderson When I accepted a position as a community outreach advocate with the Southern Poverty Law Center, I knew it meant the opportunity to be part of “big things.” Just weeks after I started, standing in a dirt parking lot in a rural Black Belt…
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