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Increasing Employee Engagement in Your Corporate Volunteer Programs
By Ryan Scott Anyone involved in managing a corporate volunteer program always faces the same questions: what sort of cause curriculum makes sense for my…
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Corporate Philanthropy: How to leverage your relationship capital for good
By Evan Bleier Corporate philanthropy has been an integral part of the fabric of American business culture for 100 years. According to a 2013 report by America’s Charities, workplace giving…
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Yearlong Journey Leads Dog to Happy Home
By Cathy M Rosenthal Someone took 8-week-old Lucky and his littermates for a ride on a flatbed truck. Lucky’s tiny paws couldn’t grip the truck’s flatbed…
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How Linda Goler Blount is Improving Health Disparities & Health Equity as President & CEO of Black Women’s Health Imperative
The Black Women’s Health Imperative (Imperative) is the only organization devoted solely to advancing the health and wellness of America’s 20 million Black women and…
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SPLC Intelligence Report: Deadly radical-right violence examined
In the wake of a neo-Nazi’s deadly attack at Jewish facilities in Kansas last month, the new issue of the SPLC Intelligence Report explores the white supremacist…
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Validating Charities Through Donor Reviews
Perla Ni is CEO and Founder of Greatnonprofits.org, the largest nonprofit review site (think Yelp for nonprofits). Donors and investors want to know that their…
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CMN Hospitals Funds Pay for 7 Week-old Jackson’s Open-heart Surgery
Two days after Jackson was born, an on-call pediatrician noticed his heart didn’t sound normal. Follow-ups with cardiologists confirmed he had ventricular septal defect (VSD),…
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Video: Annual Meeting Message from Steve Delfin, America’s Charities President & CEO
We are experiencing an interesting time in the nonprofit sector. We hear the phrase “scarcity of resources” thrown around a lot. It doesn’t mean philanthropy…
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YMCA Connecting Youth with Nature
The YMCA of Greater Washington DC is so much more than a gym. It’s an organization, dedicated to youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.…
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This May Marks the 60th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education Ruling
The landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, signed on May 17, 1954, marked the beginning of equal access to education for all American…
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LA Galaxy Soccer Club Signs Wish Kid as Left Forward
15-year-old forward Jacob Trainor’s “wish to be a Galaxy teammate” was recently granted by Make-A-Wish® when the LA Galaxy soccer club signed him to be…
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May 23 – May 27, CNN Hero Mark Bergel and A Wider Circle to be Featured on TV
Earlier this year, CNN named A Wider Circle’s founder, Mark Bergel, as one of its 2014 Heroes (read about that announcement here). Today, we are…
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