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Make-A-Wish® World Wish Day® Celebrations Take Flight

April 16, 2013

As part of a month-long celebration, Make-A-Wish encourages people around the U.S. to Tweet donate dollars or airline miles to fund airline tickets for wishes…

Meet the #GivingUnderTheInfluence Symposium Panelists: George Weiner, WholeWhale.com

April 16, 2013

Tweet #GivingUnderTheInfluence Register Now!  Click here. On April 24th, America’s Charities is hosting #GivingUnderTheInfluence, a symposium focused on key trends, solutions, and strategies shaping the…

LUNGevity: Finding the Silver Lining

April 15, 2013

We featured this week’s Featured Charity, LUNGevity, last May and introduced you to their unique, comprehensive approach to meeting the needs of people affected by…

LUNGevity: Finding the Silver Linings

April 15, 2013

      Tweet #thischarityrocks We featured this week’s Featured Charity, LUNGevity, last May and introduced you to their unique, comprehensive approach to meeting the…

Meet the #GivingUnderTheInfluence Symposium Panelists: Marc Johnson, APCO Worldwide

April 15, 2013

Tweet #GivingUnderTheInfluence Register Now!  Click here. On April 24th, America’s Charities is hosting #GivingUnderTheInfluence, a symposium focused on key trends, solutions, and strategies shaping the…

Meet the #GivingUnderTheInfluence Symposium Panelists: Heather Lofkin Wright, PricewaterhouseCoopers

April 11, 2013

Tweet #GivingUnderTheInfluence Register Now!  Click here. On April 24th, America’s Charities is hosting #GivingUnderTheInfluence, a symposium focused on key trends, solutions, and strategies shaping the…

Meet the #GivingUnderTheInfluence Symposium Panelists: Tom Watson, President & Founder of CauseWired

April 10, 2013

Tweet #GivingUnderTheInfluence Register Now!  Click here. On April 24th, America’s Charities is hosting #GivingUnderTheInfluence, a symposium focused on key trends, solutions, and strategies shaping the…

How a Pair of Used Jeans Helped a Single Mom Find a Job

April 8, 2013

      Tweet #charityrocks   Rachal Underwood, a single mother of a two-year-old, found herself unable to gain employment a few years ago. Not…

Register for the April 24th #GivingUnderTheInfluence Symposium in D.C.

April 4, 2013

How Digital Culture is Driving the Next Generation of Employee Engagement What inspires employees to give and engage with charitable causes? How can companies balance…

Watch Charities@Work 2013 Summit Livestream Now

April 3, 2013

Why Can’t We Sell Charity Like We Sell Perfume?

April 2, 2013

It’s time to change how society thinks about charity and social reform. The donating public is obsessed with restrictions—nonprofits shouldn’t pay executives too much, or…

Is Goodwill the Most Important Social Enterprise in 2013?

March 29, 2013

Source: Giovanni Rodriguez, Forbes.com As the email signature of many Goodwill Industries staffers says, “Every 38 seconds of every business day, a person served by…