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How young women are changing the workplace
By Laura Cox Kaplan Millennials – loosely defined as those born between 1980 and 1995 – think and work differently. To be competitive, now and…
How Federal Workers Lead the Nation in Charitable Giving
By Mark V. Ewert You know the routine: Someone at work volunteers to head up a fundraising drive, recruits people in every department to help,…
‘Disease you’ve never heard of’ does not stop 10-year-old and family seek better treatment, cure
By Patti Borda Mullins White gauze bandages cover 10-year-old Erik Barnes from neck to toe every hour of every day, except right after a bath.…
SPLC urges investigation of Louisiana program failing at-risk children
The SPLC urged federal officials today to investigate Louisiana’s Coordinated System of Care program, which is failing to prevent young people with severe behavioral health…
Hold a Clothing Drive to Support Dress for Success
Donation drives are coordinated campaigns to collect business-appropriate attire for Dress for Success. If your office, professional organization, child’s school, place of worship or other…
Former foster youth in the 1% as she goes for her master’s degree
Sade is a motivational speaker who talks about her foster care story and how an Aunt and a “time out” in the foster care system…
Amnesty International: Ferguson police committed human rights abuses during Michael Brown protests
By Terrence McCoy Just before midnight on Aug. 19, a longtime local cop named Ray Albers trained his AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on a protester in Ferguson, Mo.,…
NAD & RID: Statement on Interpreting Services and the Media
The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) come together in collaboration and in support to…
A Message From GuideStar President/CEO Jacob Harold
In 2013, I joined with partners at the BBB Wise Giving Alliance and Charity Navigator in writing an open letter to the donors of America explaining that “overhead ratios”…
Students set to break social barriers during National Mix It Up at Lunch Day
An estimated 1 million students across the country will step out of their cliques and challenge stereotypes today as part of National Mix It Up at…
Tackling Poverty in D.C. One Bed at a Time
Learn how A Wider Circle is tackling poverty one bed at a time in the Washington, D.C. metro region:
Donors Care More About How Money Is Spent Than Results, Study Says
By Alex Daniels Donors are more interested in how a nonprofit’s funds are spent than in the results it achieves, according to a study released…