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What DO You Say? Responses to Students’ Difficult Questions
What does gay mean? How can she be your mom? She looks like a boy! Responding to questions about LGBT topics Most of the things…
The Right Fight for Education
LDF Senior Education Policy Counsel Janel George, along with Joseph Bishop and Dwanna Nicole , writes in a Huffington Post blog why it is imperative for Congress…
How 90-year-young Don McClanen Followed God’s Calling to Help Found FCA
It started with some old magazine clippings crammed in a dresser drawer and an invitation to speak about his job. Humble beginnings, for sure. Of…
The Real Reason 75% of Americans Don’t Volunteer
By Greg Baldwin Our country takes great pride in the role volunteering has played in our history. We believe that volunteers are virtuous, kind and…
Alabama judge’s grandstanding over same-sex marriage is pure demagoguery
By Richard Cohen This morning, we filed an ethics complaint against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore over his public statements urging the governor and state judges to defy…
Which comes first—the volunteering or the donations? Great Study from Fidelity
Citing a new report that’s well worth your time, Fidelity Charitable provides us with a peek into the motivations and demographics of donors who also…
Court Orders IRS to Release Computer-Readable Charity Tax Forms
By Suzanne Perry A federal judge today handed open-records activist Carl Malamud a victory in his battle to get the Internal Revenue Service to release Form 990…
Should Charity Board Members Get Paid?
For the board of directors to properly guide a publicly-soliciting charity, provide oversight and assist in the decision-making process, its voting members should be focused…
The Business Case for Private-Sector Engagement in Youth Mentoring
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 29 /CSRwire/ – EY and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR) together released a report “Mentoring: at the crossroads of education, business and…
Nonprofit Coach: The Overhead Myth w/ Art Taylor, Jacob Harold and Ken Berger
He lectures around the world but now is here for you. From the latest in charity news, technology, fundraising and social networking, Ted Hart and his guests…
As older volunteers leave, who will replace them?
Dorothy Johnson has been a bedrock volunteer in rural Braham, Minn., since she retired from finance in 1997. She helped raise money for the new…
OCRF’s Ovarian Cycle Events Gear Up to Raise Funds for Much-needed Ovarian Cancer Research
OCRF’s Ovarian Cycle is gearing up for another great year of riding for research with fun indoor cycling events taking place all across the country. Last…