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Prevention is a Year-Round Effort
By Emily White, Advocacy Manager for Fight Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer isn’t a phrase that rolls off the tongue easily. It’s not a “sexy” cancer that people like talking about. In fact, I was uncomfortable with the phrase myself for my first few weeks on the job at Fight Colorectal Cancer. I distinctly remember thinking, “Fight Colo…WHAT?!” when listening…
Read MoreMake-A-Wish® Launches Unprecedented Campaign to Raise Airline Miles
Trillions of airline miles sit unused each year, and nearly 75 percent of the wishes granted by Make-A-Wish® involve travel – that’s why, on April 2, Make-A-Wish launched Give Wishes Wings, a month-long, national campaign focusing on the unique and critical need Make-A-Wish has for airline miles. Donating airline miles or making a financial contribution…
Read MoreGiving away half of your work to nonprofits – for free?
By Ryan Scott Giving away half of your work to nonprofits. For free. Nuts, huh? But it’s a trending business idea that reimagines what it means to be engaged in pro bono service. This innovative model was put on the map by Matthew Manos, founder and managing partner of verynice, a global design and innovation consultancy…
Read MoreInnovators Improve Consumer Confidence in the Financial Solutions Lab
Low-income American families spend the same share of their yearly income on interest and fees as the average American household spends yearly on food. Worse still, low-income households face financial literacy and infrastructure challenges at a much higher rate than the average American household. Full participation in the global economy depends on numerous variables, starting…
Read MoreOptimizing Your Nonprofit’s Impact Using Google’s AdWords Grant
Does your nonprofit have a Google AdWords grant? No? You are missing out on free money that can send supporters to your website and maximize your nonprofit’s impact. Yes? Terrific! But are you getting the most out of it? Back in 2013, upon the advice of our Board Director, George Weiner, America’s Charities applied for…
Read MoreInvesting in Healthy Child Development and Prevention of Child Abuse
All children deserve great childhoods because our children are our future. The fact is, when we invest in healthy child development, we are investing in community and economic development. Unfortunately, children are sometimes exposed to extreme and sustained stress like child abuse and neglect, which can undermine a child’s development. Which is why Prevent Child…
Read MoreJunior Achievement of New York Announces New Funding for Third Quarter of the 2014-15 School Year
[NEW YORK, NY] – Junior Achievement of New York – the leading provider of “real world” education for K-12 students in NYC and Long Island, received nearly $375,000 in corporate and foundation funding support during the third quarter of the 2014-15 school year. “Junior Achievement has a long history of bringing vital human resources and…
Read MoreThree False Assumptions Nonprofits Need to Lose About Big Data
Nonprofits already know that big data can open up a swath of fundraising, marketing and management opportunities. But for all the expectation, it’s important to remember that even the best data has its limits. Any org looking to leverage and apply data should immediately lose the following assumptions: Your data is complete and accurate Your…
Read MoreThe Next Big Trend In Corporate Social Investment Is Emerging – Flagship Programmes
70% of companies surveyed by Corporate Citizenship expect to move towards a flagship programme approach to corporate social investment in the next 2 years, up from just 12% doing so today. Corporate Citizenship, a global sustainability consultancy, undertook international research and interviewed some of the world’s leading community managers, from companies including Unilever, Kellogg Company,…
Read MoreWhy Making an Impact is Good for Recruitment, Retention and Production
By Bob Murphy By 2020, nearly half of all U.S. workers will be millennials: those born between 1976 and 2001. The new crop of millennials looking for jobs — educated, worldly, savvy people with strong resumes behind them — have a different vision of what they want in a career than the jobseekers who came…
Read MoreKen Berger, CEO of Charity Navigator, Leaves
By Suzanne Perry Ken Berger, who led the country’s most prominent nonprofit watchdog, Charity Navigator, for almost seven years, abruptly left his job this week after the board decided to find a leader with more expertise in technology. “Charity Navigator has been going through a planning process and doing a lot of thinking about where we’re…
Read MoreDramatic Shift in Styles of Fundraising Mean New Opportunities for Nonprofit Growth
Springtime means outdoor charity events, and there are plenty to choose from. You can walk, run, bike, swim or even roll around in the mud to raise money for a cause. But some of the bigger, more established events aren’t doing as well as they used to, and charities are trying to adjust. Last year,…
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