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What Social Impact Is and How to Measure It Effectively

Impact. What a loaded word. It means so many things to so many people. In my career in nonprofit communications, I have used “impact” so…

Tiger Woods Foundation: Champions of the Unexpected for 20 Years

For low-income and minority families, the opportunity gap faced by disadvantaged youth is significant. Nonprofit advisor The Bridgespan Group reports that while afterschool and summer…

Uncovering a Level of Knowledge About Dog Lifestyles Never Before Seen

Each year, 12 million dogs and cats are diagnosed with cancer. Many of these cancers have few treatments and no chance at a cure. In…

America’s Charities leadership transition announcement

To the America’s Charities community, ​I am ​writing today to let you know of an important update in America’s Charities’ leadership. After six years of…

Why ‘Cost Analysis’ is the Most Important Area of Improvement for Nonprofits

As individuals, many of us prefer to focus our energy on one task at a time. It’s a good impulse: Given all of the distractions…

10 Ways to Improve Our Response to Humanitarian Crises

My colleague Bill Patton and I recently authored a paper for the World Humanitarian Summit. The paper calls on the philanthropic community to take advantage…

Sustainable Economic Opportunities That Empower Women & Benefit Business Needs

In 2010, The Coca-Cola Company launched the 5by20 initiative which aims to economically empower 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company’s global supply chain by…

America’s Charities and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy Launch Innovative Disaster Recovery Fund

Washington, D.C. – May 23, 2016 – America’s Charities, the leader in workplace giving and philanthropy, and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), a trailblazer…

Isolating the Answers to Causes and Finding a Cure for Leukemia

Fifty years ago a child diagnosed with leukemia lived at best 6 months. Today children are living 5 years, 10 years and in some cases…

Videos and Resources from Membership Assembly 2016

On Friday, May 13, 2016, America’s Charities hosted its annual Membership Assembly at The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Conference Center in Washington, D.C. Our member nonprofits from across…

Have Some Office Fun for a Good Cause on Red Nose Day, May 26!

Red Nose Day – the #1 television fundraising event in the UK – is back for a second year in America, inviting the American public…

America’s Charities and National Corporate Research Partner to Offer Discounted Charitable Solicitation Registration/Renewal and Related Services

Washington, D.C. – May 5, 2016 – America’s Charities, the leader in workplace fundraising for nonprofits, today announced a new partnership with National Corporate Research,…