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At Miriam’s Kitchen, Advocate Encourages Outdoor ‘Campers’ to Come in From Frigid Cold

By Brigid Schulte Bob Glennon eyed the front door to Miriam’s Kitchen with trepidation. As the daily breakfast service for the homeless was about to…

What CSR Leaders Have on Their Holiday Wish Lists for 2014

Source: Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers (WRAG) The Institute for Corporate Social Responsibility, an initiative of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers (WRAG), offers CSR professionals the…

Measuring Outcomes vs. Outputs: Why Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector Needs to Head in This Direction

Tweet Source: CSRwire By Steve Delfin, President and CEO, America’s Charities They filled Capital Hilton ballroom in Washington, DC, leaders of large and small charities…

Giving at Work: “Most Dramatic Shift We’ve Ever Seen”

Tweet By Ryan Scott With the holidays upon us, company giving campaigns are often in the workplace spotlight.  So what better time to assess a…

How Big Data Will Change the Face of Philanthropy

Tweet By Lucy Bernholz “It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place,” observed one of the…

2013 Travelers Championship Generates $1,253,000 for Charities Including The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

The Travelers Championship, Connecticut’s only PGA TOUR event, has announced that the 2013 tournament generated $1,253,000 for 180 charities throughout the region. This is the largest annual…

Time to Restructure the ‘Nonprofit Sector’

Tweet Tax-exempt status has helped create the more general philanthropic or “non-profit” sector. This includes those above, legally designated 501(c)3 organizations, as well as civic…

Thurgood Marshall College Fund helps HBCU grads establish careers

TMCF provides scholarships and connects students with jobs. OFC helps launch entrepreneurs By Christine HeinrichsSenior Contributing Editor The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has been providing…

Extending workplace equality to millions

In more than half of the states in this country, there is no state law preventing someone from being fired just for being lesbian, gay,…

Junior Achievement 2012-2013 Annual Report

Junior Achievement (JA) has released their 2012-2013 Annual Report.  Below is a message from JA President and CEO, Jack Kosakowski, along with a link to discover…

Study Finds Religious Americans Give More

By Alex Daniels The more important religion is to a person, the more likely that person is to give to a charity of any kind,…

Giving That Gets Engagement

If the surprise of this year’s Black Friday was a sag in sales, the surprise of #GivingTuesday was the jump in engagement around philanthropy. We…