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Giving Teen Parents the Opportunity to Become College Graduates and Professionals
“Less than two percent of teen mothers who have a baby before age 18 earn a college degree before age 30.” (Source: The National Campaign…
Early #Snapshot2017 Findings Unveiled at +IMPACT Conference
This past week at Causecast’s +IMPACT Conference in D.C., America’s Charities had the privilege of presenting a first look at early, high-level findings from our…
Providing a Home-Away-From-Home for Families of Loved Ones Treated at the NIH Clinical Center
Paul and Julie Gattini came to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, the nation’s premier clinical research hospital in Bethesda, MD, when Paul…
Making Sure No Young Woman Faces Breast Cancer Alone
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women ages 15–39 living in the U.S., with more than 12,000 new cases each year. Although breast…
TMCF and Wells Fargo Work Hand-in-Hand to Affect Tangible, Lasting Change on Education
Few non-profit organizations enjoy strategic and comprehensive partnerships that support its programs, improve the organization itself, and work hand-in-hand to affect tangible, lasting change in…
Membership Assembly 2017 Recap
On Friday, May 12, 2017, America’s Charities hosted its annual Membership Assembly at The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Conference Center in Washington, D.C. Our member nonprofits from across…
Case Study: How Optimizely Increased Its Employee Giving Results Sevenfold
John Leonard, Program Manager at Optimizely, knew his co-workers were very generous, but he didn’t realize just how generous until he saw the results of the…
Giving Tuesday Corporate Giving Guide: Employee Fundraising and Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is a form of peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising. If you have ever participated in an event like Relay for Life where individual fundraising is combined with team…
Exceptional Storytelling Made Easy
With myriad channels to leverage, storytelling is more important than ever when it comes to inspiring employee giving. If your company is looking to more effectively…
Employee Donor Cultivation Toolkit
Workplace giving donors give on average five times more and provide nonprofit organizations with sustainable, unrestricted funds. Use this guide for best practices, rules, and tips to…
Building Buy-in From Leadership
A powerful social mission infuses company environments with positive opportunities to engage and retain employees. But how do you develop a culture of engagement through…
5 Key Steps to Starting an Employee Volunteer Program
Through employee volunteer and skills giving programs, companies and their employees have the opportunity to strengthen nonprofit capacity and efficiency, and form truly strategic relationships…