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Far fewer federal employees donated to charity campaign last year

By Joe Davidson In the wake of new figures showing a sharp plunge in employee participation in a federally sponsored charity campaign, the Obama administration…

Steve Greenhalgh, Co-author of New Snapshot 2014 Report, Shares Insights & Overview of Report Findings

On April 24, 2014, America’s Charities held its annual Giving Under The Influence symposium at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.   During the event, America’s…

Study: Donors Want Workplace Giving Accountability

As workplace giving campaigns in the United States continue to grow more sophisticated, a new study by America’s Charities showed that many nonprofits are feeling…

Giving Donors Data on a Charity’s Impact Doesn’t Always Lead to More Gifts

By Cassie Moore Providing data on a charity’s impact doesn’t necessarily translate into more gifts from prior donors, says a new report. The report details an…

Has the Word ‘Impact’ Lost Its Impact?

By Derrick Feldmann Two years ago, I wrote an article about the use of the wordinnovative in our field. The gist of the article was that those who…

New CFC Regulations Are a Blueprint for a Charitable Future

By Anthony DeCristofaro Department of Defense Voluntary Campaign Management Office WASHINGTON, April 25, 2014 – Like every employer from IBM and ExxonMobil to Microsoft and…

America’s Charities ‘Snapshot 2014: A Rising Tide of Expectations’ Explores How Future Engagements Could Be Maximized

>> Click here for a copy of Snapshot 2014. WASHNGTON, D.C. — April 24, 2014 — Charities face a rising tide of expectations from corporate and employee…

Giving That Gets Results Blog Series

John is from the school of strategic philanthropy. The foundation he works for has four defined program areas, and he’s the head of climate change.…

Controversial CFC Regs Approved by OPM; Both Parties Protest

Source: NonProfit Quarterly After the reports on this year’s campaign, with donations plummeting a record 19 percent, it was only a matter of time before Congress…

Charities, lawmakers voice concerns over OPM’s rewrite of CFC rules

New regulations published this week by the Office of Personnel Management aim to overhaul the Combined Federal Campaign, in part by eliminating cash donations in favor…

CFC will centralize, charge application fees to charities

Source: Federal Times The Combined Federal Campaign will start charging application and listing fees to charities seeking to take part, under new regulations to be published in…

Charities, lawmakers voice concerns over OPM’s rewrite of CFC rules

Source: Federal News Radio New regulations published this week by the Office of Personnel Management aim to overhaul the Combined Federal Campaign, in part by eliminating…