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Health, Medical Research Most Popular Charity Choices in 2013 CFC

October 22, 2014

By Andy Medici Federal employees and military service members gave more to health and medical research charities during the 2013 Combined Federal Campaign than to…

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Majority of Companies Increased Community Investments, Focused Giving Programs Since End of Global Recession

October 22, 2014

NEW YORK, October 21, 2014 /3BL Media/— From 2010 to 2013, giving increased for 64% of companies, and it grew by more than 10% for 52% of companies. Companies that…

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Be Part of the Overhead Solution

October 21, 2014

Last year, GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and BBB Wise Giving Alliance published an open letter to the donors of America denouncing the use of the “overhead ratio” as a primary…

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Nonprofits: How to Be Your Own Social Media Guru, Using Engagement Data

October 21, 2014

By Farra Trompeter The leaves are changing and the pumpkin spice lattes are brewing. Yes friends, it’s fall, the perfect season to step back and…

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Help Move the Nonprofit Sector from an Overhead Myth to an Overhead Solution

October 21, 2014

By Jacob Harold, President and CEO, GuideStar In 2013, I joined with colleagues at BBB Wise Giving Alliance and Charity Navigator to write an open letter…

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GuideStar Unveils Online Tool to Gauge Nonprofits’ Diversity

October 17, 2014

By Alex Daniels Charities can rate their diversity efforts with a new yardstick being offered by GuideStar, an organization that compiles data on nonprofits. Using…

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Employee Engagement is Important! Increase Engagement through Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Programs

October 15, 2014

Guest Post by Adam Weinger, President of Double the Donation More than ever before, organizations are relying on employee engagement and loyalty for overall success. On…

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How the Charitable Sector Keeps Us All Afloat

October 14, 2014

By Mark Rosenman As social and environmental problems grow worse and the resources to address them are stretched thinner, nonprofit organizations and foundations have to…

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It’s proven: non-profits thrive when they measure volunteer impact

October 10, 2014

By Josh Schukman I’ve recently been digging into a report by volunteer software consultancy Software Advice and it has me totally hooked. The report is the product…

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Canine Partners for Life celebrates 25 years in grand style

October 9, 2014

By Nancy Johnson Correspondent The Canine Partners for Life Annual Open House was over the top this year as the Cochranville non-profit held its 25th anniversary…

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Behind the Scenes at Make-A-Wish America with Justin Schmid

October 8, 2014

Make-A-Wish® believes that granting the one true wish of all eligible children can help them feel better – and possibly even get better. Wish kids,…

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For the First Time Ever, HRC Scores Members of Congress on Marriage Equality

October 7, 2014

By Stephen Peters Today HRC announced for the first time ever members of Congress were scored on their support for marriage equality as part of…

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