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The World Cup Helps Wish Kids Open New Chapters in Their Lives
The sport goes by many names. In some countries, it’s soccer. In others, it’s some variation on “football.” In Italy, they call it il calcio…
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The Drone Memo Cometh
By Jameel Jaffer In response to consolidated lawsuits filed by the ACLU and The New York Times, the Second Circuit recently ordered the Obama administration to disclose…
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Inspiration from 17-year-old Special Olympics Athlete With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Whitney and her family live in Lebanon, Tennessee. Because of TSC, Whitney has non-cancerous tumors in her brain, kidneys and eye, and developmental delays. No…
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Why Mid-Sized Businesses Should Prioritize Corporate Philanthropy
By Ryan Scott Mid-sized businesses – often defined as organizations with 100 to 5000 employees – comprise 26% of U.S. businesses, according to the Midmarket…
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SPLC Helps Student Get Second Chance at Education
By Jennifer Coco, SPLC Staff Attorney This past May, I received a phone call that left me fighting back tears of joy. On the other…
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Thank You for Supporting the D.C. Metro Community Through Do More 24
Update: Thank you to everyone who participated in the Do More 24 day of giving event. Thanks to you, just over $1 million was raised…
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How Do we Scale Social Change?
By Nell Edgington This week I attended the 5th annual Social Impact Exchange Conference in New York City. It was an interesting gathering of funders, change makers and…
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Companies can embrace volunteerism
By Rich Mkhondo As organisations, companies and individuals across the world celebrate Mandela Day to encourage voluntary service in honour of South Africa’s founding father…
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Millennials and the Social Sector: What’s Next?
By Derrick Feldmann & Emily Yu Achieve and the Case Foundation started five years ago with a simple supposition: Millennials are poised to become the Next Greatest Generation.…
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Learning from Millennials: #MCON14
By Jen Bokoff If you’ve been following @grantcraft or #MCON14 on Twitter, you’ll have some idea of how driven, intelligent, and selfless the millennial speakers have been. They come…
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In Historic Vote, Presbyterian Church Passes Measure Opening Doors to Marriage Equality
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA), a church with nearly two million members, made history today by affirming the marriages of same-sex…
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Trudging on: The fight for Native American justice, The Slants, and Stephen Guillermo’s posthumous degree
A day after the Washington football team’s trademark of the Redskins name was cancelled, activists are cheering, but the effect is the same. We are…
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