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Charities Lose Big Revenue by Ignoring Minorities, Study Suggests
By Holly Hall Fundraisers are missing revenue opportunities by failing to keep up with rapid changes in the nation’s demographics. Minorities are often overlooked by charities soliciting donors, and the appeals they do receive are seldom geared toward them. The problem will worsen in coming years if charities fail to respond. The ethnic background of…
Read MoreThe Underrepresented Color of Free Money for Charities
By Charisse Browner In my daily news reading, I came across a very interesting article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy written by Holly Hall titled, “Charities Lose Big Revenue by Ignoring Minorities, Study Suggests.” There were key points in the article based on a recent Blackbaud study that hit home for me that I want to elaborate…
Read MoreCreating Buy-In For A Data Culture at Your NonProfit
By Debbie Sharnak So you work at NonProfit XYZ and increasingly you hear about other organizations’ success in utilizing Google Analytics to increase impact. Worried about being left behind, you bring it up at your next staff meeting, and you’re surprised! You hear lots of your colleagues agree about how great it would be to have this…
Read MoreReaping Big Rewards by Doing the Unexpected
By Bill Shore At Share Our Strength, it took us nearly 25 years to learn that doing what is most expected of us required doing what was least expected of us. What has always been most expected of us is helping to feed hungry kids. That’s our highest priority. But scaling our efforts to reach…
Read MoreMark Your Calendar! CPL’s 25th Anniversary Gala is April 11th
Join Canine Partners for Life (CPL) in celebrating their silver anniversary! CPL’s 25th Anniversary Gala: Saturday, April 11, 2015 7:00 pm–10:00 pmWintherthur Museum and Country Estate, 5105 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19735 The celebration will kick off with our Gala Sponsorship Reception from 6 to 7 pm. VIP transportation will whisk sponsors through Winterthur’s gorgeous…
Read MoreLet’s Make Elderly Nutrition a National Priority
In the United States of America, no senior citizen should go hungry. Unfortunately, hunger among our elderly population is a growing crisis—hunger rates have more than doubled for poor seniors in the United States in recent years. Food insecurity among elders increases disability, decreases resistance to infection, and extends hospital stays. Moreover, many seniors struggling to live…
Read MoreJunior Achievement Teams-up With AT&T to Mentor Teens on Career Goals and Choices
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? Such a simple question that is so hard to answer. Did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up? Did you have a plan for how to achieve your career goals? Imagine how hard these questions are for teens who don’t have positive…
Read MoreReflections From the Bridge: Where the Stain of Slavery and Segregation Met a Young Man’s Courage and a Preacher’s Dream
By Deborah J. Vagins On March 7 and 8, ACLU joined more than 80,000 Americans in Selma, Ala. to commemorate those who marched and risked their lives in Selma 50 years ago. Their bravery led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Being in this crowd commemorating this historic event left ACLU leaders…
Read MoreBreakthrough Paralysis Research Powered By Every Step Taken At The Wings For Life World Run
SALZBURG, Austria, March 5, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — It all started with a single toe. Even today, Dr. Susan Harkema recalls the words spoken by one of the research participants: “Look Susie, I can move my toe.” The patient’s name was Rob Summers and he was completely paralyzed from the neck down. After a car accident he was told he would never…
Read MoreNational Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) is an annual, nationwide observance that sheds light on the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls. Every year on March 10, and throughout the month of March, federal, national, and community organizations come together to offer support and hope, reduce stigma, share information, and empower women…
Read MoreGhost of Jim Crow continues to haunt nation on 50th anniversary of Selma march
The eyes of the nation were trained on Selma, Alabama, this past weekend as tens of thousands of people gathered to watch President Obama address the nation on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. It’s important that we commemorate March 7, 1965, as the day the world was given a window into the brutality and…
Read MoreDisrupting Business for Social Responsibility
By Ryan Scott Q: What is disruptive innovation? A: Depends on who you ask. The blogosphere is so stuffed with discussion about disruptive innovation that there’s now a mobile app that replaces the overused word “disrupt” on every web page. In a Wall Street Journal piece, Mark W. Johnson refocuses the disrupt-ive conversation around the true meaning of disruptive…
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