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How can you prevent cancer before it starts? Read on… Tweet When the Prevent Cancer Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, was started in 1985, the concept of cancer prevention and early detection was not widely embraced by the medical community or the general public.  Today, cancer prevention and early detection is at the forefront of reducing…

Two months using assistive technology is all it took to help Chloe break the barriers of communication. That’s just one of many ways UCP is helping people with disabilities live limitless lives. Tweet When a child is first diagnosed with cerebral palsy or another disability, their parents often don’t know where to turn for support…

According to blackbaud’s latest study, “In short, the odds are strong that for the vast majority of causes, your next donor will be over age 50.” In this comprehensive, must-read study, blackbaud shares key findings regarding generational giving tendencies and intentions, and answers questions such as: Which generation is most generous? Which generation will influence…

BE PART OF THE CURE FOR THE WORST DISEASE YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF™  New York, NY (August 1, 2013) — The Inaugural MW Foundation Tennis Pro-Am will be held Wednesday, August 28 from 8:30AM to 2PM at the legendary 100-year-old West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. West Side Tennis Club was…

Can you believe it’s time to start thinking about school again?  America’s Charities member AHC Inc., nonprofit developer of affordable housing in the mid-Atlantic region, wants to ensure that each and every child living in AHC’s affordable housing communities in Arlington and Falls Church shows up to elementary school on September 3rd with the supplies…

Building And “Buying” To Fuel Its Growth Tweet WASHINGTON, DC – (August 1, 2013) – As part of its continuing business expansion, the new merger with Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC) allows the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to lead the HBCU community in innovation and entrepreneurship by developing the next generation of African- American entrepreneurs…

When it comes to finding a cure for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC), the leading known cause of epilepsy and autism, Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance says “We’ll give everything but up.” Tweet The mission of the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (TS Alliance) is to find a cure for tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), while improving the lives of TSC.…

CSRHub, the world’s largest aggregator of global CSR information, ran five years of their data against the data of Brand Finance, the global brand analyst headquartered in London. Tweet With overlapping datasets, CSRHub analyzed over 1,000 companies, and for 2012 found a .28 correlation between brand strength and CSR. This seemed extraordinary. After testing the…

Toyota Motor Corporation Public Affairs Manager Katarina Persic shared insights into how the car giant develops partnerships and makes decisions when it comes to community and social responsibility. Persic spoke to delegates at the Not for Profit and Corporate Partnerships conference held in Sydney on Tuesday where she said employee engagement and involvement played a…

On July 10, 2013, the House Committee of Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census conducted a hearing entitled, “The Combined Federal Campaign: Making Every Dollar Count.”  The room was so full that some attendees had to stand in the hall.  The hearing was requested after some 1,400…

Serving more than 20,000 children annually, see how this week’s Featured Charity is helping seriously ill children and their families throughout the Northeast – free of charge. Tweet Dedicated to providing “a different kind of healing” to seriously ill children and their families throughout the Northeast, in this week’s Featured Charity Blog we discover what…

Group Predicts Dramatic Drop in Critically Needed Funds if New Rules Proposed by OPM are Implemented (July 10, 2013) Washington, D.C.—Kalman Stein, President and CEO of EarthShare and representing a coalition of organizations made up of more than 3,000 charities supported by federal employees through the Combined FederalCampaign (CFC), testified today at a Congressional hearing. The…