Today, people want to look at corporations and see real people doing real things to influence social change. They want the employees to be engaged in philanthropic activities and the executives to be committed to making the world a better, more sustainable place for us all. This has led to huge growth in the area […]
Every nonprofit organization should have a call to action. That is, they have a place where they tell people what they want them to do. It’s an objective to complete, and provides users with focus, a measurable goal, and direction. To create an effective call to action, there must first be a groundwork set up. […]
We’re seeing more and more corporations these days encouraging and becoming more involved in philanthropy. Corporate Social Responsibility is growing in the business world as the American public has come to expect companies to do their part and give back to the community. Each year, the Ethical Corporation awards the Responsible Business Awards to corporations […]
Like any other field, philanthropy has its own evolving set of jargon known best by insiders and those involved most in giving to or running nonprofits. Here are eight new words being used frequently in conversations about philanthropy: Data is the set of hard facts used to educate the public, improve nonprofit functionality, and show […]
We would love to say that everyone in the world is good and no one would rip people off under the pretense of being a charity… but that’s simply not true. Last week, a woman from Tacoma, Washington stole from a Christmas tree charity sale that intended for all profits to go toward improving local […]
While the nation struggled to digest the tragedy at Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy, ten golden retrievers were travelling 800 miles to comfort survivors, families, and community members. They are known as the Lutheran Church Charities’ Comfort Dogs, and they have one mission: helping people cope with grief. And those affected by Sandy Hook certainly […]
In the month and a half since Sandy hit New York City, residents of New York, Long Island, Hudson Valley, and New Jersey went through 6,000 units of blood provided by the New York Blood Center (NYBC). Stores are low, but the need for blood has not abated, and NYBC desperately needs more donors to […]
Mothers2mothers really is out to save the world. They are an NGO that works to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In other words, they want to ensure that women who have HIV and are pregnant receive the proper treatments to prevent genetic transmission. By providing care that is often denied, m2m is empowering women and […]
2012 has been a year full of influential people doing good in the world, and we’re proud to add five people to our list. These five people have made a world of difference this year, and we expect they will continue to do so for years to come: Salman Khan didn’t start out with an […]