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What To Do When Your Corporate-Nonprofit Relationship Just Isn’t Working
So what do you do when your corporate-nonprofit relationship isn’t working? Â Perhaps you were overcommitting or they were overcommitting and certain deliverables aren’t being delivered,…
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250 Organizations Join Independent Sector in Urging Lawmakers to Protect Important Giving Incentives
A number of critical giving incentives that are often included as part of the annual “tax extenders” package were extended in January 2012 for two…
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Outcomes Are Complex, But Speak to Nonprofit Value
By Jason Saul In my 20-plus years working in the nonprofit world, one of the most common mistakes I’ve seen nonprofits make is measuring activities…
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Validating Charities Through Donor Reviews
Perla Ni is CEO and Founder of Greatnonprofits.org, the largest nonprofit review site (think Yelp for nonprofits). Donors and investors want to know that their…
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Crowdfunding for Charitable Causes: Advice from BBB Wise Giving Alliance
BBB Wise Giving Alliance’s CEO Art Taylor notes our digital culture has introduced many new ways of contributing to charitable causes. Crowdfunding presents opportunities, but…
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If Your Charity Has a Strategic Plan, Don’t Put it on the Shelf – Market it!
Nonprofits need to have a strategic plan and, more than ever, need to share and market that strategic plan with potential corporate funders and partners.…
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Protect Charitable Giving Incentives in the Tax Code
A number of critical giving incentives included as part of the annual tax extenders package expired on January 1, 2014 along with other provisions. These included the…
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New Study Looks at Corporate and Employee Giving for Nonprofits
When you compare the nonprofit fundraising landscape of today with a generation ago one of the most significant changes that you’ll see is the constant growth of…
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Highlights from Membership Assembly 2014
On May 15, 2014, America’s Charities hosted its annual Membership Assembly. Â Member charities from across the country and special guests gathered to discuss the “Overhead…
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Charities strain to meet corporate engagement expectations
By Dan Cook For-profits and nonprofits are doing a better job of forging partnerships to support one another, but they still struggle with fully meeting…
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Corporate Giving ROI & Bottomline
Just like nonprofits, corporations are also trying to do more with less. Â How can corporations get the ROI they want, while also making sure the…
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The NGO Sector: Thoughts on Shifting the Mindset of Donors
By Shujaat Wasty I was introduced to charity at a young age. My parents encouraged my siblings and me to put aside a portion of…
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