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The Importance of Including Employer Names in your Nonprofit’s CRM System – Double the Donation

Here’s a very interesting way to tap into larger donations. Find out if your donors’ employers offer matching gifts. This is what Double the Donation…

The New CFC Rules Lay a Path to Expanding Giving and Cutting Costs

BY ANTHONY DECRISTOFARO NPQ has published a number of articles recently about the Combined Federal Campaign, which took a very dramatic 19 percent drop this past…

The Children’s Inn at NIH’s Play Park Receives Award from the Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

The Children’s Inn at NIH can now say it features a Play Park designed by an award-winning design firm! Mahan Rykiel Associates (MRA), the design…

National Breast Cancer Coalition Set a Deadline for Breast Cancer

Founded in 1991, the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s (NBCC) mission is to end breast cancer through the power of action and advocacy. In 2010, NBCC…

Employee Expectations & Challenges of Employee Engagement

What are the best ways for companies to engage employees in giving through the workplace? In this video clip, Emily Simone, Director of Community Relations…

Federal judge orders extension of settlement agreement addressing abusive conditions at Mississippi youth facility

A federal judge has held Hinds County, Miss., officials in contempt of court for failing to comply with a 2012 settlement agreement addressing abusive conditions…

OCRF Research Shows How Ovarian Tumors Elude Immune System

Tumors use numerous mechanisms to escape detection and killing by the immune system. Results from OCRF-funded research, reported May 4, 2014 in the prestigious journal Nature…

Keeping Families Safe this Mother’s Day

For mothers, nothing is more important than keeping their families safe. That’s why just in time for Mother’s Day, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is…

Helping Reduce Child Mortality Rates in Lwala, Kenya

J.C. Gonzalez-Mendez, president and CEO of RMHC, traveled to Kenya to see first-hand how grants invested in the Lwala Community Alliance through the RMHC Global…

‘I Have A Dream’ Foundation Taps Porterfield for Lifetime Achievement Award

By Kevin Burke His national leadership calling on higher education to improve college access and opportunity for high-achieving students from underserved populations recently has earned…

Companies Expect More From Nonprofits, Report Finds

When it comes to corporate philanthropy, corporate and employee donors expect more from charities these days.  And in a digital era defined by greater transparency, charities…

Public Service Recognition Week

This week marks the start of the 20th anniversary of Public Service Recognition Week. It is a time set aside that allows for a show of…