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How Nonprofits Can Get Their Message Heard by the Right People at The Right Time
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Read MoreMaking it Possible for Children to Get Critically Needed Healthcare
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington DC® (RMHC DC) provides sick children what they need the most… their families. Helping a sick child fight their illness takes a big enough emotional toll on a family. Adding a financial strain can make it all almost too much to bear. Further, accessing needed health care remains…
Read More#GivingTuesday Gives Your Corporate Philanthropy a Huge Boost
By Ryan Scott, Causecast As Thanksgiving looms, company leaders across the world are building thanks to their communities through their year-end giving campaigns. For many businesses, this year’s corporate philanthropy effort will reach its zenith on December 1st, also known as #GivingTuesday. Created by the 92nd Street Y in New York as a response to #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday,…
Read MoreThe Life-saving Impact of Biomedical Research
Advances in biomedical research are critical to fighting disease, and lengthening and improving quality of life. But today’s health challenges are too complex to be solved by any single organization – government, business, academia, not-for-profit organizations, patient advocates – working in isolation. That’s where the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) comes in.…
Read MoreThe Difference Make-A-Wish® Supporters Create in Our World
Wish kid Kellan never got the chance to know a life without disease. While healthy babies were born all over the world, Kellan had to fight for what others came to naturally: survival. His small, defenseless body was suffering from a cancerous tumor that transformed his childhood into one marked by chemotherapy, extensive treatment, and…
Read MoreFinding a Cure to the Most Rapidly Growing Chronic Disease of Our Time: Diabetes
Diabetes is the most rapidly growing chronic disease of our time. According to the CDC’s (Centers for Disease Control) National Diabetes Statistics Report for 2014, 29.1 million children and adults in the United States, or 9.3% of the population, have diabetes. Cases of diabetes have increased almost 13% over the last four years. A 2010…
Read More7 Ways to Leverage Your Company’s Social Responsibility Initiatives With #GivingTuesday
By Sarah Ford Every company has different social responsibility (CSR) objectives, but the primary motive is the same: create a positive impact on society while doing business. This motive is right in line with the philosophy behind #GivingTuesday, a worldwide movement promoting giving, in which more than 10,000 organizations in 46 countries participated last year.…
Read MoreSPLC wins lawsuit challenging use of pepper spray in Alabama school district
Workplace giving campaigns hosted by private sector companies and the government’s Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), are in high gear right now, empowering employees all across the country to support nonprofits they care about through payroll deduction giving. America’s Charities has been using its Shape the Future campaign to educate and inspire donors about workplace giving…
Read MoreCreating a Future Where Fewer People Hear the Words, “You Have Cancer”
The need for cancer prevention and early detection programs is more urgent now than ever. This year alone, more than 580,000 people will die from cancer. One-third of these cancers are preventable because they are linked to poor diet, lack of immunizations, physical activity and obesity and lifestyle choices such as smoking and over exposure…
Read MoreCreating a Life Without Limits for People With Disabilities
What do YOU know about UCP? UCP stands for “United Cerebral Palsy,” but Cerebral Palsy isn’t the only focus of UCP’s work. They are a network of affiliated nonprofit organizations working to ensure a Life without Limits™ for both children and adults with a broad range of disabilities and their families. In this part of our…
Read MoreRegister Now For Giving Tuesday Playbook Webinar
Tuesday Oct 6 11am PST/ 2pm ET Kick off the 2015 giving season with an effective #GivingTuesday campaign! Learn mobile-friendly solutions and fundraising tips and ideas that will make it easy for your supporters to give and volunteer on Giving Tuesday this year 12/1/2015. Speakers include Beth Kanter (Beth’s Blog), Beau Slater (Wilmington College), Sarah Ford (America’s Charities),…
Read MoreKeeping the Magic Alive for Children With Life-Threatening Illnesses
We are all connected to a child with a life-threatening illness through six degrees or less. Whether you are impacted directly, or indirectly, these children touch our hearts with their immense bravery, strength and courage. Give Kids The World Village exists to ensure that these children and their families are given that extra bit of…
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