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Crafting Successful Charity Eligibility Guidelines for Your Corporate Matching Program

Crafting Successful Charity Eligibility Guidelines for Your Corporate Matching Program

February 6, 2024

Corporate matching programs are powerful tools for amplifying the impact of employee charitable donations. They allow employees to contribute to nonprofit organizations of their choice,…

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How to Administer an Employee Assistance Fund (EAF)

How to Administer an Employee Assistance Fund (EAF)

January 3, 2024

64% of employees cite money issues as a significant source of stress, according to the American Psychological Association. Often times that stress can be a result…

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The Business Case for Employee Volunteer & Skills Giving Programs

The Business Case for Employee Volunteer & Skills Giving Programs

September 2, 2023

What if I told you that having an employee volunteer program could potentially save you money – say $1,000 to $6,000 per employee. Would you…

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How to Take Your Business’s Employee Volunteer Program to the Next Level

January 6, 2025

Click Here to Tweet This Message! Whether your program was started 10 months or 10 years ago, periodically stepping back to take stock of your #EmployeeVolunteer…

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Happy holidays from America’s Charities! We have a lot to celebrate with you, including our new mission and vision

December 5, 2022

Thanks to your generosity and compassion, we’ve raised and distributed more than $800 million for more than 25,000 nonprofits globally through the workplace giving, matching…

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America’s Charities Unveils New Scholarship Program to Help Improve Educational Opportunities, Build a Better-educated Workforce, and Scale Scholarship Funding

November 28, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. – November 28, 2022 – In celebration of National Scholarship Month/National Education Month, which takes place in November each year, America’s…

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America’s Charities Named ‘2022 Best Nonprofit To Work For’ For Second Consecutive Year

April 4, 2022

Washington, D.C. – April 4, 2022 – America’s Charities, the nonprofit that inspires employees and organizations to support each other and the causes they care about,…

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America’s Charities Named Best Nonprofit To Work For

April 5, 2021

Washington, D.C. – April 5, 2021 – America’s Charities, the nonprofit that inspires employees and organizations to support causes they care about, today announced it has…

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How Employers Can Address Employees’ Financial Hardships, Wage and Income Loss, Medical Bills, and Other Needs Due to COVID-19

December 1, 2020

This blog was originally posted on March 24, 2020, and was updated on December 1, 2020, to reflect new information. Childcare. Utilities. Medical bills. To…

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America’s Charities and The Giving Block Partner On Cryptocurrency Donation Offering

October 30, 2020

Starting today, America’s Charities’ members will have discounted access to The Giving Block’s suite of cryptocurrency fundraising tools, opening them up to this growing donor…

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How to Launch a Modern Giving Program During Coronavirus

August 6, 2020

Read Pinkaloo’s case study, featuring how Fusion Alliance and the Austin Community Foundation used Modern Giving to “Drive Engagement with Giving“.  In light of COVID-19 (coronavirus), many…

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America’s Charities and SmartSimple Launch Engage, the World’s First End-to-End Giving and CSR Solution That Tells the Complete Picture of Global Impact

June 17, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 17 – America’s Charities and SmartSimple Software Inc. (“SmartSimple”) today announced the launch of America’s Charities Engage powered by SmartSimple Cloud (“Engage.”) Engage…

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MainStreet Bank Makes Donation to Establish Regional Charitable Fund

June 3, 2020

FAIRFAX, Va., June 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — MainStreet Bancshares, Inc., (Nasdaq: MNSB) announced that MainStreet Bank made a generous donation alongside its customer, Terra Site…

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Employers Consider Hardship Assistance in Response to COVID-19, Seek Guidance from America’s Charities

March 25, 2020

While the full brunt of the coronavirus still hasn’t smacked the U.S. economy, employers are already examining tax-advantaged hardship assistance programs to support workers facing…

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The Critical Ways America’s Charities’ Nonprofit Members are Helping Communities Respond to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic

March 18, 2020

Nonprofits are the backbone of our communities – some more visible than others in their impact and the needs they meet. While COVID-19, otherwise known…

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