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Dealing with that Thanksgiving “after the feast food coma”

November 22, 2011

Ah Thanksgiving!  For some, the “feasting” starts with a workplace potluck; for others the feasting is a never-ending event as you drive house-to-house, trying to…

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Corporate Giving Gets More Issue-Focused

November 21, 2011

Instead of spreading their gifts widely across multiple program areas, corporations are choosing one or two societal issues to focus on, according to a survey…

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The Importance of Corporate Philanthropy

November 21, 2011

Corporate philanthropy ranges from financial contributions to employees volunteering time on the clock. While philanthropy costs the company, it also provides benefits for the company,…

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Corporate philanthropy: Giving, and getting back

November 21, 2011

“Growing Up Healthy” is a five-year, $5 million initiative of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation to combat childhood obesity. Ask Karen Voci, executive director…

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America’s Charities CFC Supplement Runs in 11/10 Edition of the Washington Post Express

November 10, 2011

The America’s Charities CFC Supplement ran in the November 10th edition of the Washington Post Express.  Express is the free daily commuter paper of The…

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Reading is Fundamental (unless it’s too expensive)

November 3, 2011

Today Reading is Fundamental, the nation’s largest children’s literacy nonprofit, celebrates its 45th anniversary with a party and story time for public school students at…

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Workplace Still Is Productive

November 2, 2011

Jobs – the only word that seems to be on Americans’ minds. The U.S. unemployment rate was 9.1 percent for August and September, according to…

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The Role of Philanthropy in Recruitment: Working for a Corporation with a Heart

October 27, 2011

By Aman Singh Any executive in her right mind will tell you that she – and the entire company – are committed to working with…

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The Rules of Corporate Philanthropy

October 24, 2011

SOME ORGANIZATIONS engage in charitable activities, or corporate philanthropy, to give back to the society what the society invested in them. For example, a successful…

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Celebrate Giving…the CFC Way, the American Way!

October 19, 2011

The Combined Federal Campaign celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Since the first campaign was authorized by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, more than…

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Young feds sought to lead, contribute to and grow CFC

October 4, 2011

By NICOLE BLAKE JOHNSON CFC volunteers are counting on younger federal employees — those in their 20s and 30s — to boost the time and…

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Rethinking Ways to Give Wisely

September 12, 2011

As a new generation of donors seeks greater accountability from not-for-profits, advisers are seeking new ways to gauge the good an organization accomplishes By Amy Feldman…

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