News & Updates

It is common practice for a charity’s name to include the disease, problem or issue that the charity seeks to address.

It can be challenging to provide potential donors with incentives to make a contribution in view of so many competing interests in today’s marketplace.

Last week, the National Health Council held its 2018 Health Leadership Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This is a membership organization that includes over 100 national health-related orga

As we leave spring and approach summer, schools are completing the academic year and many families look forward to sending children to one of a variety of summer camps that can address almost every spor

An online national survey of 1,004 American parents, commissioned by BBB Wise Giving Alliance, found that 61 percent of Millennial parents (ages 18-35) have talked about charity with their children in t

The United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Paris this week as world leaders gather to discuss global warming and other important environmental matters. Protests have taken place aro

At the time this blog is being written, the wildfires in Southern California continue to spread, although the wind is reporting to decrease somewhat. CNN reports that a 1,000 homes and other structures

For the fifth year, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States has been designated as #GivingTuesday, the day to make donations to charity. Started by the New York-based organization

Several days ago, a CBS story reported that a couple in New York was arrested for allegedly using social media and other communications to defraud donors by raising money using a picture of a boy fighti

As we enter the spring months and perhaps develop the courage to clean our closets and consider making in-kind donations to charities

On Monday, October 5th, I was part of a panel discussion about emerging trends in disaster fundraising at the Washington DC annual meeting of the National Association of State Charity Officials (NASCO)

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,

On June 12th, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance will be hosting a charity conference in Washington DC. While we hold a conference each year for BBB Accredited Charities that participate in our charity

With Artic air dipping into Canada and the United States this first week of 2018, many areas are experiencing sub-zero temperatures. The frigid weather also reminds us of the hardships experienced by th

A quote attributed to the late, great American actor, Spencer Tracy, provides a reminder of the importance of managing finances: “There were times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell you if it was heads or tails.”

The Association of Fraud Examiners released a report summarizing an analysis of 2,504 cases of fraud taking place from January 2018 to September 2019.

Last week, an article on InsideHigherEd.com got my attention. It told the tale of a frugal staff member at the University of New Hampshire library who passed away in 2015 and left a sizable bequest wort

As reported in the New York Times on May 28, “federal government weather forecasters logged preliminary reports of more than 500 tornadoes in the United States in a 30-day period.”