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Employee Disaster Relief: How to Build an Emergency Assistance Fund Before the Next Crisis
The 2026 hurricane season is already underway. While NOAA forecasts a 55% probability of a below-average season, projections still call for 8–14 named storms, 3–6…
Before the Storm: A Different Way to Think About Corporate Disaster Giving
Featured on Bright Harbor with insights from our CEO Jim Starr. Ask any corporate giving officer what their disaster response strategy looks like and you’ll…
Animal Rescue Team and Disaster Response
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Animal Rescue Team (ART) is on call 24/7, ready to deploy whenever animals are caught in large-scale…
Disaster Relief: Don’t Rush!
Climate change is real, and while we all want to help when disaster strikes, sometimes rushing in is the wrong thing to do. We need…
Point Your Corporate Giving Inward This #GivingTuesday (November 29th this year) by Supporting Employees with an Employee Assistance Fund (EAF)
In December 2021, America’s Charities helped a mortgage company, with a large employee base located in Texas, launch an employee assistance fund. Little did that…
Christian Appalachian Project: Enabling People in Impoverished Communities to Seek, See, and Secure New Opportunities
Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) operates 17 human service programs in 11 of the 38 most distressed counties in Eastern Kentucky and extends support to nonprofits…
International Firefighters’ Day is May 4
Firefighters dedicate their lives to the protection of life and property. Sometimes that dedication is in the form of countless hours volunteered over many years,…
Ukraine Crisis Relief
The war in Ukraine has become the fastest-growing humanitarian crisis since World War II. The United Nations is warning that continued conflict in Ukraine could…
Giving strategically after a disaster or crisis to support employees and the community
When a natural disaster or humanitarian crisis happens, naturally your company and its employees want to move swiftly to provide critical resources to the individuals…
How Humane Society International is taking action for Ukraine and its animals—and how you can help
Amid the conflict in Ukraine, shelters, rescue groups and veterinary clinics in Ukraine are trying to keep their operations going, making every effort to provide…
Six Ways to Engage your Employees
The ‘triple bottom line’ concept introduced in 2007 tells us to focus not just on profits but on people and the planet as well. Companies…