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America’s Charities powered by Causecast Just Got Better!

January 25, 2016

Last year, America’s Charities proudly announced our partnership with Causecast, the premiere giving and volunteering technology platform. We are the only organization to provide full-scale…

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“Happy Money” Author Michael I. Norton to Keynote at the 2016 Charities@Work Best Practices Summit on Employee Engagement in Corporate Citizenship

January 25, 2016

Michael I. Norton, the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School (HBS), and a member of Harvard’s Behavioral Insights Group,…

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Why your boss wants you to donate to charity

January 15, 2016

If you’ve noticed extra emphasis from your employer on volunteering and donating to charity, you’re not alone. There’s been a jump in employee giving and…

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Webinar: The Chemistry of Employee Donor Cultivation – Turning Your Year-End Fundraising Efforts into Year-Round Donor Engagement

January 14, 2016

On Thursday, January 27, 2016 at 2 PM ET, please join America’s Charities for our webinar, “The Chemistry of Employee Donor Cultivation: Turning Year-End Fundraising…

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Where Employee Engagement and Social Impact Converge

January 13, 2016

By Michele Egan Sterne, Vice President, For Momentum America’s Charities recently released Snapshot 2015, The New Corporate DNA: Where Employee Engagement and Social Impact Converge. This latest installment…

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L’OCCITANE Donates $120,000 to Dress for Success to Empower Women in the Workforce

January 12, 2016

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Natural French beauty retailer L’OCCITANE has donated$120,000 to Dress for Success, a gift that will help up to 2,400 women begin…

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Corporate Giving is on Fire, Says New Report

January 6, 2016

By Ryan Scott, Causecast America’s Charities much-anticipated annual report on employee giving and volunteering was released this month, and as I discussed recently, it’s packed with…

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Legal & General America Raises $740,000 For Charity

January 6, 2016

Urbana, MD, January 5, 2016 – Legal & General America’s Charitable Giving Campaign was held in the fourth quarter of 2015 with two weeks of fundraising…

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Give Once, Support Many with America’s Charities New Cause Funds

December 28, 2015

By Jim Starr The world of philanthropy is changing – in the workplace and at home.  Donors want more charitable choice.  They want their hard-earned…

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America’s Charities Announces New Cause Funds This Giving Season

December 21, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. – December 21, 2015 – Just in time for the peak giving season, America’s Charities, a mission-driven organization that drives…

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New Opportunities for Trade Education for At-risk Youth

December 21, 2015

“Basically what I was hoping for was a spot for me, where I could actually help.” This specific quote is from reality TV star, Josh…

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Building a Stable Future For Our Country’s 48 Million Food-Insecure People

December 16, 2015

48 million people in the U.S. struggle with hunger – meaning they do not always have access to the food they need to live an…

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