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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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Follow the “ICEE” Rule When Communicating to Employees About Your Workplace Giving Program
Summer is here and in full swing! I remember when I was a kid, during the summer months we were as care free as the…
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Stop Calling Millennials Selfish, 87% Of Millennials Donated To Charity Last Year: Report
By Bobbie Couch A lot has been said about millennials and what they expect out of life. The turn-of-the-century generation has been known to be filled with…
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