News & Updates

Read the Wise Giving Wednesday blog each week to keep up to date on charity issues.

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Wise Giving Wednesday: Crowdfunding for Victims of Tragedies and Disasters – New Zealand Shooting, Cyclone Idai and U.S. Midwest Flooding

The world appears to be experiencing acts of terror, tragedies and natural disasters with increasing frequency.
Mar 20, 2019
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Women and Philanthropy

Last Friday, March 8th, was International Women’s Day, an event that started towards the beginning of the 20th century that continues to recognize the economic, political, cultural and other achievements of women from around the world.
Mar 13, 2019
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Helping Victims of the Tornadoes in Alabama

Destructive storms never cease to amaze and alarm us – the ability to flatten a house to rubble in minutes is still hard to believe each time we hear of it.
Mar 06, 2019
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Charities, Change and Risk Management

Yesterday, BBB Wise Giving Alliance’s COO, Bennett Weiner, attended the 13th BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium, Visions for Change: Building Better Outcomes, presented by the BBB Foundation of Metropolitan New York
Feb 27, 2019
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Similar Sounding Charity Names

It is common practice for a charity’s name to include the disease, problem or issue that the charity seeks to address.
Feb 20, 2019