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Wise Giving Wednesday: Government Regulators & BBB Wise Giving Alliance

In its role as a standards-based charity evaluator, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance shares some common interests with federal and state government regulators of charities. In part, both are seeking to help

Jul 18, 2018

Lois Greisman, Division of Marketing Practices, Federal Trade Commission

Jul 18, 2018

Barry Goldberg, Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Jul 18, 2018

William Bloomfield, Office of the Michigan Attorney General

Jul 18, 2018

Yael Fuchs, New York State Office of the Attorney General

Jul 18, 2018

Wise Giving Wednesday: Coins in Fundraising Letters

One of the challenges for charities that use direct mail fundraising is to get the recipient to open the envelope. Whether a potential donor gets a large volume of direct mail or just a trickle, a chari

Jul 12, 2018

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