BBB WGA 20th Anniversary Event, Part One: Our History

September 21, 2021

Bennett Weiner, Executive Vice President and COO of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, gives a history of the BBB's role in the charity space and the merger of the BBB's Philanthropic Advisory Service with the National Charities Information Bureau to form the BBB Wise Giving Alliance in 2001.

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