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Wise Giving Wednesday – Donor Engagement

While most charities keep good records of the cumulative value of a donor’s gifts, a growing number of charities are recognizing the added value of engaging donors as part of their outreach activities

Aug 05, 2015

Wise Giving Wednesday - Crowdfunding & Philanthropy

The crowdfunding concept got its start over 15 years ago as a means to collect small gifts from a large group of people to support a project, person or organization. Within a short time it grew in both

Jul 30, 2015

Wise Giving Wednesday - Workplace Giving

While workplace giving is a well-established employee outreach activity at most major companies, it has changed and evolved over the years in very significant ways. At one time, United Way and oth

Jul 23, 2015

Wise Giving Wednesday - Youth & Volunteering

Volunteers at charities have always played an essential role in the growth of philanthropy. Whether it consists of friends and family helping to raise money for a favorite cause or neighborhood youth as

Jul 16, 2015

Wise Giving Wednesday: Building Trust Video Series, Interview with the CEO of the American Red Cross

With total revenues of about $3 billion, more than 450 chapters in all 50 states, over 25,000 paid staff members, 400,000 volunteers and responding to nearly 70,000 disasters large and small each year,

Jul 08, 2015

Wise Giving Wednesday - Building Trust Video Series

More and more we are hearing that videos have become an important forum to communicate information in a quick and meaningful fashion. So with today’s blog we are proud to launch our Building Trust

Jul 01, 2015

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