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Giving Teen Parents the Opportunity to Become College Graduates and Professionals

“Less than two percent of teen mothers who have a baby before age 18 earn a college degree before age 30.”  (Source: The National Campaign…

Providing a Home-Away-From-Home for Families of Loved Ones Treated at the NIH Clinical Center

Paul and Julie Gattini came to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, the nation’s premier clinical research hospital in Bethesda, MD, when Paul…

Making Sure No Young Woman Faces Breast Cancer Alone

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women ages 15–39 living in the U.S., with more than 12,000 new cases each year. Although breast…

Giving Tuesday Corporate Giving Guide: Employee Fundraising and Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is a form of peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising.  If you have ever participated in an event like Relay for Life where individual fundraising is combined with team…

Goodwill® Celebrates 115 Years of Mission Impact through Social Enterprise

Over the years, social enterprise has evolved from start-up to fully operational organizations striving to create impact at scale. They blend together innovative ideas with…

Give Kids The World Village Creates Magic and Memories for Families Facing Life-Threatening Illnesses

Every year, 27,000 children in the United States are diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. For these children, childhood is overshadowed by doctor visits, hospital stays, and…

Last Chance to Participate in Nationwide Workplace Giving, CSR, Corporate Philanthropy Study

Snapshot 2017, the latest in America’s Charities’ research series on employee giving and engagement trends, closes this Sunday, April 30. If you are interested in…

How Orbis is Bringing the World Together to Fight Blindness

Imagine the world around you in darkness. For millions of people this darkness is a reality. Blindness takes away so much more than vision. It…

America’s Charities Welcomes 16 High-Impact Nonprofits to Its Alliance of 140+ Member Organizations

WASHINGTON, D.C., [April 17, 2017] – America’s Charities, which inspires employees and organizations to support causes they care about, is pleased to welcome 16 new…

Something big is coming to our community on Thursday, June 8th. It’s Do More 24!

In support of our members who serve the DC metro community, America’s Charities has teamed up with United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way…

Answers, hope and support for families of children with rare disorders and devastating illnesses

When modern medicine lacks answers, families of sick children often turn to clinical trials as their best hope for a treatment or cure. The National…

PowerTalk 21 is coming. Are you ready?

Conversations with teens can save lives. Teen alcohol use kills 4,300 youths each year, which is more than all illegal drugs combined. Did you know,…