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A Message From GuideStar President/CEO Jacob Harold

In 2013, I joined with partners at the BBB Wise Giving Alliance and Charity Navigator in writing an open letter to the donors of America explaining that “overhead ratios”…

Why Google Loves Teach For America

By Aaron Taube People looking to get a job at Google might first want to spend a few years as a teacher. A company spokesperson tells…

How Nonprofits Can Promote Matching Gifts on #GivingTuesday by Using Double the Donation

Nearly two-thirds of employers surveyed in America’s Charities’ Snapshot Employer Report, indicate they match employee payroll contributions. This is a 58% increase since 2006. Corporate matches are…

Health, Medical Research Most Popular Charity Choices in 2013 CFC

By Andy Medici Federal employees and military service members gave more to health and medical research charities during the 2013 Combined Federal Campaign than to…

Majority of Companies Increased Community Investments, Focused Giving Programs Since End of Global Recession

NEW YORK, October 21, 2014 /3BL Media/— From 2010 to 2013, giving increased for 64% of companies, and it grew by more than 10% for 52% of companies. Companies that…

Be Part of the Overhead Solution

Last year, GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and BBB Wise Giving Alliance published an open letter to the donors of America denouncing the use of the “overhead ratio” as a primary…

Nonprofits: How to Be Your Own Social Media Guru, Using Engagement Data

By Farra Trompeter The leaves are changing and the pumpkin spice lattes are brewing. Yes friends, it’s fall, the perfect season to step back and…

Help Move the Nonprofit Sector from an Overhead Myth to an Overhead Solution

By Jacob Harold, President and CEO, GuideStar In 2013, I joined with colleagues at BBB Wise Giving Alliance and Charity Navigator to write an open letter…

GuideStar Unveils Online Tool to Gauge Nonprofits’ Diversity

By Alex Daniels Charities can rate their diversity efforts with a new yardstick being offered by GuideStar, an organization that compiles data on nonprofits. Using…

Employee Engagement is Important! Increase Engagement through Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Programs

Guest Post by Adam Weinger, President of Double the Donation More than ever before, organizations are relying on employee engagement and loyalty for overall success. On…

How the Charitable Sector Keeps Us All Afloat

By Mark Rosenman As social and environmental problems grow worse and the resources to address them are stretched thinner, nonprofit organizations and foundations have to…

It’s proven: non-profits thrive when they measure volunteer impact

By Josh Schukman I’ve recently been digging into a report by volunteer software consultancy Software Advice and it has me totally hooked. The report is the product…