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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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Charity

The Great American Milk Drive

June 3, 2014

Feeding America has teamed up with dairy farmers and milk companies to launch The Great American Milk Drive, the first-ever national program to help deliver…

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Make it Engaging, Easy, and Theirs

June 2, 2014

When Kaitlin Carpenter visited a nonprofit’s website to make a donation, there was a box where she could make a comment as well.  Thinking how…

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Four Learnings for NGOs and Non-profits to Better Align Themselves With Corporations

June 2, 2014

How can you truly create innovative partnerships? The Social Innovation Summit was held on May 28-29 at the United Nations. While the focus was on…

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Boosting Employee Engagement Through Volunteer Work

June 2, 2014

By Scott Wooldwridge Charitable giving has long been important to both employers and employees. American companies and their workers have traditionally seen giving back to…

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Corporate Philanthropy: A First Pitch Worth Seeing

June 2, 2014

By Caryn Tomer While corporate philanthropy is not new to the business world, it’s always fun to see it in action.  IT consulting firm Daugherty Business Solutions has…

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Stories from the field: Teaching Experience Highlights Inequality in Florida School System

June 2, 2014

By Amir Whitaker My Monday morning routine begins as a group of rambunctious 11th-graders shuffle into their desks at one of Miami’s largest high schools.…

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Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Through Global Youth Education, Community Development, and Emergency Relief

June 2, 2014

Good Neighbors USA is an international humanitarian non-profit focusing on children’s education, community development, and emergency relief in more than 30 countries around the world.…

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Radical Focus and Driving Demand for Scale

June 2, 2014

By Nancy Lublin & Aria Finger DoSomething.org just cut more than half of its programs. That’s right, we cut the majority of the programs we offered.…

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Diversity and Inclusiveness in Corporate Philanthropy

June 2, 2014

Companies are realizing that thoughtful attention to issues around diversity can offer many benefits, from helping to drive employee retention and productivity to improving the…

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Where Profits Aren’t Enough

June 2, 2014

By Marc Ross In developing this commentary on corporate responsibility, I kept thinking about a statement made by one of the most influential CEOs in…

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Leveraging Charity Validators to Demonstrate Your Organization’s Transparency, Accountability and Impact

May 30, 2014

Now, more than ever, donors expect a new level of transparency and accountability from charities.   This panel discussion from America’s Charities 2014 Membership Assembly…

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Bringing (Corporate Social) Responsibility To The Future Of Work

May 29, 2014

By Shelly Dutton With 87 percent of the global workforce disengaged with their work, executives are constantly seeking ways to empower employees to do their best…

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