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“Wow Factor of Workplace Giving Programs” Step #1: Assess Your Company & Explore Your Options

September 26, 2012

Are you thinking about implementing or revitalizing your workplace giving program?  Take a step back for a moment and assess your company.  What is it…

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America’s Charities Celebrates CureSearch Day 2012

September 16, 2012

Childhood Cancer:  These Words do not Belong Together September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and as a part of this national effort to raise…

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Workplace Giving Programs: If You Build It, Will They Come?

September 10, 2012

Your employees care a great deal about supporting causes that matter most to them.  That could be in the form of financial support, volunteering or…

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Grants up to $20,000 Now Available for Qualified 501(c)3 Charities

September 7, 2012

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia’s Future Fund, a giving circle for young professionals, will make grants to help individuals and families in Northern Virginia…

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The 2012 Presidential Candidates and the Nonprofit World

September 4, 2012

The Republicans just finished holding their national convention in Florida and it’s the Democrats’ turn this week.  When it comes to philanthropy and the nonprofit…

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Will the GOP Platform Protect Charitable Deductions?

August 31, 2012

Republicans meeting this week in Tampa, Fla., adopted a platform that vowed to protect tax incentives for donors, but they have otherwise offered few clues…

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Puffs partners with Dress for Success to help women put best faces forward

August 30, 2012

CINCINNATI — A facial tissue brand has partnered with an organization that promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women. Puffs announced that it has partnered…

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Donor Disclosures: Protect Yourself and Your Donors

August 29, 2012

501(c)(3) nonprofits must abide by many IRS rules in exchange for their considerable tax advantages. The most common rules have to do with disclosures to…

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Lance Armstrong charity sees $78K

August 26, 2012

The news recently broke that Lance Armstrong will no longer contest the latest allegations of cheating throughout his cycling career, prompting the United States Anti-Doping…

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Just How Vast is America’s Generosity Divide?

August 20, 2012

Who is more generous, low-income, middle-income or wealthy households? Are religious individuals more generous than non-religious individuals? Does being a resident of a red state…

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DC’s Winter Plan for Shelter: Planning to Fail

August 17, 2012

This past week, the DC Interagency Council on Homelessness voted to pass the 2012-2013 Winter Plan, which describes how the DC government and service providers…

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Florida Hospital Opens Dedicated Kids’ Bone Marrow Transplant Center

August 16, 2012

This week, Florida Hospital for Children is celebrating the opening of the Kids Beating Cancer Pediatric Transplant Center.  This means that children in Central Florida…

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