News & Updates

  • Wise Giving Wednesday: Assisting Tropical Storm Hilary Recovery Efforts

    Wise Giving Wednesday: Assisting Tropical Storm Hilary Recovery Efforts

    Tips for donors to help the victims of Tropical Storm Hilary.

  • Robin Steinberg

    Robin Steinberg

    In this week’s episode, our guest is Robin Steinberg, the founder of the Bail Project and three other high-impact organizations: the Bronx Defenders, the Bronx Freedom Fund, and Still She Rises.

  • Wise Giving Wednesday – Ukraine Housing Crisis

    Wise Giving Wednesday – Ukraine Housing Crisis

    BBB Wise Giving Alliance is pleased to release the third entry in a series of posts by Kateryna (Katya) Zhuk. Katya heads a Ukraine charity monitoring organization, Charity Tuner.

  • Thoughts on Clothing Donations

    Thoughts on Clothing Donations

    In this episode, our Host and CEO of BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Art Taylor, shares his thoughts on clothing donations.

  • Wise Giving Wednesday: Donating for Maui Wildfire Relief

    Wise Giving Wednesday: Donating for Maui Wildfire Relief

    Tips for donors who are donating to the relief efforts to help the victims of the Maui wildfire.

  • Wise Giving Wednesday: FTC Warning on Disaster Scams

    Wise Giving Wednesday: FTC Warning on Disaster Scams

    Tips for donors to spot potential disaster charity scams

  • Elvia Castro

    Elvia Castro

    In this week’s episode, our guest is Elvia Castro, Associate Director, Charity Evaluation, BBB Wise Giving Alliance. We discuss the findings of our latest Donor Trust Special Report: Donor Participation.

  • Gail McGovern of the American Red Cross

    Gail McGovern of the American Red Cross

    In this week’s episode, our guest is the CEO of the American Red Cross, Gail McGovern. We talk to her about her passion for the mission of the Red Cross and her journey to become the CEO of one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the world.

  • Wise Giving Wednesday: National Disability Independence Day

    Wise Giving Wednesday: National Disability Independence Day

    Give.org offers tips for donors interested in honoring National Disability Independence day by supporting charities addressing disabilities.

  • Wise Giving Wednesday: Donating to Address the Extreme Heat

    Wise Giving Wednesday: Donating to Address the Extreme Heat

    Giving tips for donors to identify giving options during the heat wave along with recommended organizations that currently meet all 20 BBB standards.

  • Jacob Harold

    Jacob Harold

    Jacob Harold is a social change strategist, author, and executive. He served as CEO of GuideStar, co-founder of Candid, and as a staff leader at the Hewlett Foundation, Bridgespan, Greenpeace, and Rainforest Action Network. Harold studied ethics at Duke and earned an MBA at Stanford.

  • Wise Giving Wednesday: Why Donors Increased their Giving

    Wise Giving Wednesday: Why Donors Increased their Giving

    The Give.org Special Donor Trust Report: Donor Participation that was released on July 5th identified the top reasons given by people who stopped or decreased their contributions to charities over the past five years.

  • DEIA

    DEIA

    Does the end of affirmative action in college admission decisions signal a shift away from DEIA programming in nonprofits? In this week’s episode, Host Art Taylor shares how he benefited from affirmative action and offers thoughts on how we achieve DEIA and why it’s important.

  • Wise Giving Wednesday: Donor Participation

    Wise Giving Wednesday: Donor Participation

    Learn more about the Give.org Special Report on donor participation, part of our Donor Trust Report series.

  • BBB’s Give.org Study: People who stopped donating say wealthier should give instead

    BBB’s Give.org Study: People who stopped donating say wealthier should give instead

    Arlington, VA (June 29, 2023) – According to new research from BBB’s Give.org, 59.1% of people with household income above $70k who stopped giving to charities over the past five years agree with the statement “there are people out there with significantly more money who should give to charity instead of me.” The standards-based, charity-evaluation…

  • Terese Kung of Harrison/Star

    Terese Kung of Harrison/Star

    This week, we continue the conversation in Part 2 of our episode on Marketing Essentials with Terese Kung, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer, Harrison/Star.

  • Wise Giving Wednesday: New Posting on Ukraine Refugee Issues
  • Angela P. Walton

    Angela P. Walton

    In this week’s episode, learn how nonprofits can navigate the increasingly fragmented media environment and adapt to ever-evolving media and audience trends with Angela P. Walton of Breakthrough Marketing Consulting.

  • Wise Giving Wednesday:  2022 Stats Show Major Drop in Total Giving

    Wise Giving Wednesday: 2022 Stats Show Major Drop in Total Giving

    Stats from Giving USA show major drop in total giving.

  • Webinar: Maximizing Your Marketing in a Fragmented Media Environment

    Webinar: Maximizing Your Marketing in a Fragmented Media Environment

    This is a complete recording of our recent webinar: Maximizing Your Marketing in a Fragmented Media Environment that took place on June 15th, 2023. This session was led by Angela P. Walton of Breakthrough Marketing Consulting presenting best practices for nonprofits to navigate an increasingly fragmented media environment and adapt to ever-evolving media and audience…