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More than just a Scholarship: Providing Leadership Skills, Development Programs and Events for LGBTQ Students
Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students of merit, is committed to helping young people…
Read Article about More than just a Scholarship: Providing Leadership Skills, Development Programs and Events for LGBTQ StudentsRecruitment and Retention: It’s About More Than Your Bottom-Line
“I don’t like my job.” That’s how many employees may feel according to a Gallup survey that states less than one-third (31.5%) of U.S. workers…
Read Article about Recruitment and Retention: It’s About More Than Your Bottom-LineMothers Against Drunk Driving and Uber Partner to Provide a Reliable Alternative to Help People Get Home Safely
In 1986, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) introduced a new phrase into the general lexicon – the designated driver. Thirty years later, it is a…
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Imagine waking up one morning and you can’t feel your legs… or you have double vision… or you have trouble moving and are too dizzy…
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Brixio, a fast-moving startup focused on disrupting the commercial real estate world, recently approached America’s Charities’ team about starting a social responsibility initiative to support…
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Sara had fallen into the wrong crowd during her time at a local high school. When she entered foster care, she was struggling with substance…
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For low-income and minority families, the opportunity gap faced by disadvantaged youth is significant. Nonprofit advisor The Bridgespan Group reports that while afterschool and summer…
Read Article about Tiger Woods Foundation: Champions of the Unexpected for 20 YearsAmerica’s Charities and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy Launch Innovative Disaster Recovery Fund
Washington, D.C. – May 23, 2016 – America’s Charities, the leader in workplace giving and philanthropy, and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), a trailblazer…
Read Article about America’s Charities and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy Launch Innovative Disaster Recovery FundIsolating the Answers to Causes and Finding a Cure for Leukemia
Fifty years ago a child diagnosed with leukemia lived at best 6 months. Today children are living 5 years, 10 years and in some cases…
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April 28 is National Superhero Day, and all month long CureSearch will empower companies and individuals to #PowerUp and support real superheroes, children’s cancer fighters…
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This article is a reprint, posted with permission from the Public Information Office, U.S. Census Bureau. Jeff Brown — the outreach and engagement manager for…
Read Article about Census CFC Donations Reach $582,062The Power of Employee Giving and Communities Working Together When Natural Disasters Strike
Just one week after community organizations, including the EPA and White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, joined together through a day of national…
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