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Double Your Impact With Morris Animal Foundation’s Season of Hope
It’s the season for giving thanks! It’s also the time of year when those of us at Morris Animal Foundation are thinking a lot about…
American Enthusiasm to Shop With a Conscience at Record-High
American demand for cause is stronger than ever, according to 20 years of benchmarking data released today by Cone Communications. Despite a marketplace saturated with…
Standing for Something is No Longer Enough. Social Impact is Crucial and Sets Leaders Apart.
Achieving social impact requires a measured approach centered on five guiding principles: Tweet Turn your stakeholders into partners by making their participation urgent and necessary…
Washington Post’s Article on Nonprofit Fraud Spawns Warranted Reaction from Charitable Sector
You have to hand it to the Washington Post. They sure know how to write a catchy headline. Their recent front page Sunday edition lead…
Sweeter Home, Alabama?
By Cecillia Wang, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project Immigrant families in Alabama can finally breathe more freely thanks to a settlement reached Tuesday with Alabama over its…
One Year Later, Superstorm Sandy Recovery by Feeding America
When Superstorm Sandy struck the east coast on October 29, 2012, the need was massive, the logistics complicated. Fortunately, Feeding America’s Disaster Relief Program was…
Independent Sector Releases Statement on Washington Post Nonprofit Abuse Allegations
(WASHINGTON, October 31, 2013) — Independent Sector released the following statement: Dear Colleagues: You may have seen the Oct. 26 Washington Post story outlining alleged…
The Hidden Benefits of Food Stamps
Research shows the much-maligned aid to the poor buys broad economic and public health gains. In September, just two days after a Census Bureau report…
Food stamps will get cut by $5 billion this week — and more cuts could follow
The U.S. food-stamp program is set to shrink in the months ahead. The only real question is by how much. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
Declining black, Latino admissions to NYC’s specialized schools could be reversed
Admissions to the city’s elite schools could become more broad-based than a single test under Bill de Blasio, according to a report by Community Service…
One Year Later, Sandy Survivors Continue to Rebuild
By Delaney Gracy, Chief Medical Officer One year ago, Superstorm Sandy barreled into the New Jersey coastline, bringing 80 mile-per-hour winds and a record-breaking surge…
Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K
Nearly two decades ago, a landmark study found that by age 3, the children of wealthier professionals have heard words millions more times than those…