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LUNGevity: Finding the Silver Linings

April 15, 2013

      Tweet #thischarityrocks We featured this week’s Featured Charity, LUNGevity, last May and introduced you to their unique, comprehensive approach to meeting the…

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Meet the #GivingUnderTheInfluence Symposium Panelists: Marc Johnson, APCO Worldwide

April 15, 2013

Tweet #GivingUnderTheInfluence Register Now!  Click here. On April 24th, America’s Charities is hosting #GivingUnderTheInfluence, a symposium focused on key trends, solutions, and strategies shaping the…

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Meet the #GivingUnderTheInfluence Symposium Panelists: Heather Lofkin Wright, PricewaterhouseCoopers

April 11, 2013

Tweet #GivingUnderTheInfluence Register Now!  Click here. On April 24th, America’s Charities is hosting #GivingUnderTheInfluence, a symposium focused on key trends, solutions, and strategies shaping the…

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Meet the #GivingUnderTheInfluence Symposium Panelists: Tom Watson, President & Founder of CauseWired

April 10, 2013

Tweet #GivingUnderTheInfluence Register Now!  Click here. On April 24th, America’s Charities is hosting #GivingUnderTheInfluence, a symposium focused on key trends, solutions, and strategies shaping the…

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How a Pair of Used Jeans Helped a Single Mom Find a Job

April 8, 2013

      Tweet #charityrocks   Rachal Underwood, a single mother of a two-year-old, found herself unable to gain employment a few years ago. Not…

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Register for the April 24th #GivingUnderTheInfluence Symposium in D.C.

April 4, 2013

How Digital Culture is Driving the Next Generation of Employee Engagement What inspires employees to give and engage with charitable causes? How can companies balance…

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Watch Charities@Work 2013 Summit Livestream Now

April 3, 2013
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Why Can’t We Sell Charity Like We Sell Perfume?

April 2, 2013

It’s time to change how society thinks about charity and social reform. The donating public is obsessed with restrictions—nonprofits shouldn’t pay executives too much, or…

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Is Goodwill the Most Important Social Enterprise in 2013?

March 29, 2013

Source: Giovanni Rodriguez, Forbes.com As the email signature of many Goodwill Industries staffers says, “Every 38 seconds of every business day, a person served by…

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What’s Changed About Workplace Giving? Not What You’d Expect

March 28, 2013

By Steve Greenhalgh For several months, I have been conducting research for a new study commissioned by America’s Charities called, Snapshot: Trends and Strategies to…

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How Could Congress Save More Than $1 Billion Per Year?

March 26, 2013

On March 1, 2013, an automatic spending cut called “sequestration” went into effect, requiring mandatory across-the-board budget cuts to many government programs. While it’s still…

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Credit Unions for Kids Raises Record $10.1 Million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

March 26, 2013

Credit Unions for Kids, a collaborative effort in the credit union community that raises funds for children’s hospitals, recently announced that it raised a record…

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