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Wise Giving Wednesday: Will U.S. Tax Code Changes Impact 2018 Giving?

Last month, a previous Wise Giving Wednesday blog addressed the issue of deducting donations at tax time and expressed charity concern that changes in the U.S. Tax Code in 2018 could impact giving this

Apr 18, 2018

Father Steven Boes, Boys Town

Building Trust Video series. Art Taylor interviews Father Stephen Boes of Boys Town. Read our full report on Boys Town here, https://bit.ly/2OZgTtE. For information on the most trustworthy charities, go to https://give.org/.

Apr 18, 2018

Wise Giving Wednesday: New York State Attorney General Shuts Down Charity Telemarketing Firm

On March 26th, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a press release announcing that it had shut down a telemarketing firm (Menacola Marketing) that was soliciting on behalf of the Na

Apr 11, 2018

Ron Carter, Children Incorporated

BBB Wise Giving Alliance Building Trust Series. Art interviews Ron Carter of Children, Incorporated. Read our full report on Children, Incorporated here, https://bit.ly/2G7N6MO. For information on the most trustworthy charities, go to https://give.org/.

Apr 11, 2018

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

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