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Charity

How to Kick-start your Nonprofit’s Marketing Strategy

February 23, 2015

Raise your hand if the thought of marketing overwhelms you! You’re not alone. In fact, the majority of our community shares this sentiment. When it…

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CureSearch: Driving Impact by Meeting Donors Where They Are

February 19, 2015

By Kelli Wright CureSearch was recently highlighted in blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report: How Nonprofit Fundraising Performed in 2014. Chief Development Officer Christine Bork spoke to…

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Feed the Children CEO, Kevin Hagan, Stepping Down

February 19, 2015

Thursday, February 19th, Feed the Children CEO, Kevin Hagan, announced that he has chosen not to renew his contract with Feed the Children when it…

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Charting Your Employee Volunteer Program Roadmap

February 18, 2015

By Ryan Scott The recession forced Corporate America to do more with less. As such, new innovations in employee volunteering developed out of necessity, and…

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SPLC Report: ‘Lone Wolf’ Domestic Terrorism on the Rise

February 18, 2015

As the White House prepares to host a major summit examining the threat of violent extremism next week, a Southern Poverty Law Center study of…

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Children’s National Medical Center to Create Healing Garden for Children and Their Families

February 18, 2015

Children’s National Health System is turning a 7,200-square-foot gravel rooftop into a healing outdoor space for children and their families in the hospital. This special…

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Study: LGBT Adults Have Better Self Esteem, Less Depression If They Came Out In School

February 18, 2015

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have better self esteem and less depression as young adults if they…

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How Diabetes Research Institute Foundation is Helping Solve the Diabetes Epidemic

February 18, 2015

For millions of children and adults living with diabetes today, a cure would mean the ability to restore natural insulin production and normalize blood sugar…

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12-Year-Old Has Her Goals Set High: To Change the World

February 18, 2015

When soft-spoken 12-year-old Rania Gadnis tells you she plans to be a neurosurgeon someday and also wants to found a group of international schools for poor…

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Living With a Rare Disease

February 18, 2015

Sixteen-year-old Amber Shank has been coming to The Children’s Inn since she was eight years old.  She has a tumor of the adrenal gland tissue,…

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Helping Wild Cats Live All ‘Nine’ Lives

February 18, 2015

There are about 36 different species of wild cats around the world. Although larger wild cats, such as lions, attract most of the attention, more…

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Male Donors Respond Best to Pitches That Stress Self-Interest, Study Says

February 17, 2015

By Alex Daniels Attention fundraisers: Stop trying to pull on men’s heartstrings, advises a Stanford University study. Researchers documented an “empathy gap” between men and women…

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