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Read about causes and nonprofit impact, and stay up-to-date on topics important for corporate social responsibility and employee engagement professionals, including disaster response, workplace giving, matching gifts, employee assistance funds, volunteering, scholarship award program management, grantmaking, and other philanthropic initiatives.

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What Matters When Deciding Which Charity to Support

October 21, 2014

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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Is Your Company Running a “Healthy” Food Drive?

October 20, 2014

Each year, millions of food drives are run to support more than 50,000 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other organizations in the United States. …

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What’s the Best Way to Market Your Charitable Giving?

October 20, 2014

By David Hagenbuch From the red Dell laptops for AIDS awareness to pink Nike high-tops for breast cancer research, more companies are embracing social causes…

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Changing Children’s Lives by Teaching Financial Literacy

October 20, 2014

Young students from a suburban Chicago elementary school drew pictures of their morning with a special classroom visitor. On each page they commented on the…

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Pro Bono Week: A Time For Skills to Shine

October 20, 2014

By Ryan Scott What’s so special about pro bono? According to Taproot, the leading national advocate for pro bono service, pro bono has been a quiet…

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A Treasure of Not Only Black History, But American History as a Whole

October 20, 2014

By Demetria Irwin Black History Month was always an exciting time for me when I was in elementary school. As the child and grandchild of…

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The Children’s Inn At NIH CEO, Kathy Russell, Featured in People Magazine

October 17, 2014

By Tara Fowler When Kathy Russell was a young hospital administrator, she saw something she didn’t like.  “Every day I’d come up on the elevator…

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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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Food Pantry Helps Family Get Through Tough Time Dealing With Cancer

October 16, 2014

I spent my youth in the Navy, and when I got out I began working as a chef. I knew nothing and so I taught…

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Increasing Participation in Your Volunteer Program

October 16, 2014

By Ryan Scott A question that corporate philanthropy leaders and volunteer program managers ask me all the time is this: “How can we increase and improve volunteer…

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‘Alzheimer’s in a Dish’ Expected To Hasten Drug Development

October 16, 2014

Currently taking the science world by storm are Harvard neuroscientist Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD, a past recipient of several BrightFocus grants, and 2013-15 BrightFocus Grantee…

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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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