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Wise Giving Wednesday: New Power

As one of the founders of the annual GivingTuesday charity contribution campaign, Henry Timms is viewed as one of the nonprofit sector’s big thinkers. He has teamed up with Jeremy Heimans to write

Apr 05, 2018

Wise Giving Wednesday: Giving and Timing

There is an old Scottish proverb that says “What may be done at any time will be done at no time.” Life is busy. Things to do. And many of us make our charity contributions during the last q

Mar 29, 2018

Wise Giving Wednesday: The BBB Charity Standard that is Most Frequently Not Met

42 percent of nationally-soliciting charities that did not meet one or more of the BBB Standards for Charity Accountability in the past year either did not produce an annual report or had a report that

Mar 21, 2018

Wise Giving Wednesday: Collaboration with Community Health Charities

Last year, BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA) joined forces with Community Health Charities, a nonprofit representing more than 2,000 health and wellness charities, to promote transparency and high stan

Mar 14, 2018

Wise Giving Wednesday: Deducting Donations at Tax Time

In recent months, concerns were raised about the impact of U.S. tax law changes in 2018 since, among other things, the increase in the standard deduction to $12,000 per individual or $24,000 per couple,

Mar 07, 2018

Wise Giving Wednesday: Online Charity Fundraising

As reported in The NonProfit Times, the Nonprofit Tech for Good (a social and mobile media resource for nonprofit professionals) conducted research for a new survey: The Global NGO Technology Report. Th

Feb 28, 2018

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