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The Benefits & Importance of End-of-year Giving
A Wider Circle Founder and Executive Director, Mark Bergel, P.h.D., Discusses the Benefits & Importance of End-of-year Giving on Home and Family Finance Radio. …
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Children’s National Medical Center Welcomes First Lady Michelle Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama visited patients and staff at Children’s National Medical Center earlier this week. The tradition of First Lady visits dates back more…
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You’ve made a donation, now what?
Did you know that approximately 174 million adult Americans plan to give money to charity between Thanksgiving and year-end? Furthermore, 35 percent to 42 percent…
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Businesses Are Giving More — In Strategic Ways
Corporate philanthropy has become key for many businesses, which see giving as a way to build trust and recognition in their brand. But with the…
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How Social Media Helped Livestrong Weather a Tough Time
As online community manager at the Livestrong Foundation, Brooke McMillan has been the social-media face for an organization that has spent months at the center of an…
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Number of Volunteers Reaches Highest Level Since 2005
More Americans volunteered in 2011 than in any year since 2005, a new study finds. Approximately 64.3 million Americans volunteered at charities last year, providing…
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Study Shows Giving Makes People Feel Good
The long lines and stress associated with Black Friday are hardly things that make people feel great but, according to a new study there is…
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Sequestration is just one part of the so-called “fiscal cliff” coming at the end of this year
When the Joint Congressional Committee on Deficit Reduction — often referred to as the Super Committee — failed to reach agreement a year ago, automatic…
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Many companies and organizations turn holiday-party operations into help for Sandy victims
‘Tis the season for the gala that gives back. This year, many city employers are turning holiday parties into Hurricane Sandy charity drives. Dress for…
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Real Superheroes Make a Difference
Each week I write about the importance of giving at work and share with you different ways to engage your employees through workplace philanthropy. This…
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Charitable Parents Raise Charitable Kids
(Source: Reuters) – Not long after the megastorm Sandy hit the northeast United States, Maryum Goodwin and her little girl Ryleigh, 6, saw a disturbing…
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Donors Frustrated by Ways Charities Appeal and Follow Up
Many charities are losing support because they don’t take full advantage of the ways donors want to give, volunteer, and advocate on a nonprofit group’s…
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