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MCON14 To Gather Leaders and Experts On a New Wave of Cause Work
Indianapolis, Ind. — Achieve, in partnership with The Case Foundation, has announced information for MCON14, the nation’s premier conference for corporate, cause and public leaders who…
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…
Pro Bono Australia Reports Key Findings from America’s Charities Snapshot 2014
Charities are facing a rising tide of expectations from corporate and employee donors, while at the same time admitting that maintaining these corporate partnerships is…
Employer Charitable Endeavors Can Boost Efforts to Attract and Retain Top Employees
By Caryn Freeman  Employees want more giving and volunteering opportunities, and companies are responding with more and varied philanthropic endeavors. According to a new report from…
Measuring Impact
When it comes to working with funders and corporate partners, nonprofits serve two masters: (1) the programatic imperatives and (2) what the funder wants or…
The Importance of Including Employer Names in your Nonprofit’s CRM System – Double the Donation
Here’s a very interesting way to tap into larger donations. Find out if your donors’ employers offer matching gifts. This is what Double the Donation…
The New CFC Rules Lay a Path to Expanding Giving and Cutting Costs
BYÂ ANTHONY DECRISTOFARO NPQ has published a number of articles recently about the Combined Federal Campaign, which took a very dramatic 19 percent drop this past…
Digital Data Further Blurs Boundaries Between Sectors
By Lucy Bernholz The White House released its report, Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values, yesterday. The only place the word “nonprofit” appears in the report…
Companies Expect More From Nonprofits, Report Finds
When it comes to corporate philanthropy, corporate and employee donors expect more from charities these days.  And in a digital era defined by greater transparency, charities…
How Do We Solve the Obvious Gap Between What Companies Offer and What Charities Need?
Tom Watson, President and Founder of CauseWired and a Forbes Contributor, was a panelist at America’s Charities annual Giving Under The Influence symposium last week…
America’s Charities 2014 Membership Assembly
Where: The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Conference Center 901 E Street, NW (entrance on 9th Street), Washington, DC 20004Date: May 15, 2014Time: 9:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. America’s Charities…
Empowering Movements for Global Education Reform
By Wendy Kopp Some time ago, I attended a gathering of social entrepreneurs who went around and around debating whether attaining significant scale was important, or whether social…