News & Updates

Before the close of May, we wanted to take a moment to recognize that this is Mental Health Awareness Month (aka Mental Health Month).

Forty-one years ago, during America’s bicentennial year − 1976, we introduced a printed list summarizing our evaluation of nationally soliciting charities in relation to the BBB Charity Standards. It wa

Unless told otherwise, donors are going to expect their contributions to be used for current purposes. This common sense principle is especially evident in disaster relief appeals when emergency assista

Yesterday, the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Foundation announced that the BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA) is one of five awardees of the 2018 Innovation Grants Award Program

On Monday I was honored to share our standards with business executives attending the Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals Annual Conference. It was great working with executives c

As noted in this week’s Chronicle of Philanthropy, this holiday season is expected to result in significant gains for charities due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, large gifts fr

Children return to schools around the country as we approach the Labor Day holiday. To many parents, this means more than just new backpacks, books and boxes of pencils. They may also be asked to help r

Last week we provided advice for donors about Hurricane Florence relief. While Hurricane Florence has passed, many of the areas impacted by flooding from the storm are still under water. As there is sti

As we celebrate the start of a new year and make plans and resolutions, we also have an opportunity to strengthen and revise our giving decisions.

In the past twenty years, the issue of a charity’s impact has received increased attention for a variety of reasons.

January 28, 2016 is Data Privacy Day which commemorates the signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection. Although this day has been

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. These events, which have taken place for several decades, have helped raise funds for numerous charities seeking to address breast cancer in a variety of ways:

On Monday, we released the Give.org Donor Trust Special Report: Sexual Harassment and the Charitable Sector.

The ability of charitable organizations to thrive in the future is closely tied to their ability to understand how rising, and more diverse, generations think about trust, engagement and generosity.

During the week of Thanksgiving, the Washington Post released a story explaining that a number of factors are impacting charitable contributions at regional charities…

Last week, I was in Berlin, Germany participating in the Annual Meeting of the International Committee on Fundraising Organizations (ICFO) which is an international association of 18 national charity mo