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What We Learned From German Prisons
EARLIER this summer, we led a delegation of people concerned about the United States criminal justice system to visit some prisons in Germany and observe their conditions. What we saw was astonishing. The men serving time wore their own clothes, not prison uniforms. When entering their cells, they slipped out of their sneakers and into slippers. They…
Read MoreFNIH Supports New NIH Study Seeking Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorders
America’s Charities’ nonprofit partner, The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), has announced a public-private collaboration with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a component of the National Institutes of Health, and the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), among others. The four-year partnership will help fund a study of preschool (3-5 years) and…
Read MoreBuilding Healthier Futures for Texas Children One Child at a Time
Through its Care Van® Program, Caring for Children Foundation of Texas provides improved access to immunizations for medically uninsured and underserved children in Texas. In this post, Craig Jeffery, Executive Director at Caring for Children Foundation of Texas, shares his role in helping the organization achieve its mission. Q&A With Craig Jeffery: What attracted you to this…
Read MoreWork at America’s Charities and Make a Career Out of Making a Difference
“I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.” What a wonderful quote from American actress Lily Tomlin. Â You see, we can’t wait for others to address the educational, economic, health, environment, and civic needs of our community. Â We’re the ones who have to do something, and the…
Read MorePlanned Parenthood: Undercover videos not deterring corporate donors
Are corporate donors distancing themselves from Planned Parenthood? Since mid July, Planned Parenthood has been engulfed in controversy as an anti-abortion group has released four undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials. The Center for Medical Progress says the videos show that Planned Parenthood is selling fetal body parts, which is against the law. Planned Parenthood says…
Read MoreSaving Lives by Answering the Call/Text/E-mail/Chat for Help
The first text message Brianna sent to a Boys Town National Hotline® Crisis Counselor said she had cut herself as part of a suicide attempt. The next time Brianna texted the Hotline, she thanked the counselor and Boys Town for saving her life. It was last April when the 16-year-old sent a text message from…
Read MoreCSR Programs Increase Revenue up to 20%, Says Verizon, Campbell Soup Study
Well-designed corporate social responsibility programs increase revenue by as much as 20 percent, command price premiums up to 20 percent and increase customer commitment by as much as 60 percent, according to a study commissioned by Verizon and Campbell Soup. Project ROI, conducted by IO Sustainability and Babson College, found that in addition to having a positive impact on sales,…
Read MoreGood News for Nonprofits: CFC Rule Change Delayed Until 2017
Earlier this week, America’s Charities received the following letter from the Office of the Combined Federal Campaign (OCFC) of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), notifying us that the CFC rule change, initially set to take effect for the 2016 campaign, has been delayed and will not be implemented until the 2017 campaign: Dear Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)…
Read MoreDIRECTV & Junior Achievement Partnership Keeps the Ball Rolling for Colorado’s Kids
In June, Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain (JA Rocky Mountain) announced that DIRECTV employees raised nearly $90,000 in 2015 to support JA programs that served more than 125,000 students in the Denver area with financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurial programs during the 2014-15 school year. This was made possible in large part to more than 225…
Read MoreChanges to Combined Federal Campaign Delayed One Year
By Rebecca Koenig New rules for the Combined Federal Campaign, scheduled to take effect January 1, 2016, have been pushed back a year, according to the Office of Personnel Management. The delay until the 2017 campaign is not related to the recently disclosed hack of the office’s database of federal employees’ personal information, said OPM public-affairs specialist…
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