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Health, Medical Research Most Popular Charity Choices in 2013 CFC
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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Be Part of the Overhead Solution
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
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
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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What Matters When Deciding Which Charity to Support
To the Donors of America: We write to correct a misconception about what matters when deciding which charity to support. The percent of charity expenses…
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GuideStar Unveils Online Tool to Gauge Nonprofits’ Diversity
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
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
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
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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What All Nonprofits Should Know About Corporate Philanthropy
While some may think corporate philanthropy means writing a check and calling it a day, many corporations seek multilayered, strategic partnerships with nonprofits that fall…
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The Ice Bucket Challenge Won’t Solve Charity’s Biggest Problem
By Dan Pallotta I love the Ice Bucket Challenge. Period. It’s a collective expression of love in a world with far too little of it.…
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Building Networks and Movements for Social Change
By Heather McLeod Grant he social sector is at a critical inflection point, a moment when external and internal forces are challenging many of its…
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