Wise Giving Wednesday: Memorial Day Giving
Memorial Day helps to honor those who gave their lives serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Many Americans will seek to help show respect...
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Charity as a “Going Concern”
In the business world, there is a concept in accounting that is called “going concern” which assumes that a business entity will continue to...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Relating Ethical Guidelines to Empower Professional Fundraisers
This week the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) held its annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Throngs of people attended mainly to beef up their...
New Study: Americans Misinformed Before Donating to Charities
Arlington, VA – October 28, 2014 – New data on how Americans donate to charities pinpoints a lack of donor understanding and the need...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Nondisclosure Charities
To complete our national charity evaluations, BBB Wise Giving Alliance asks organizations to complete a detailed online form and also submit supporting documents about...
Wise Giving Wednesday: The BBB Charity Standard that is Most Frequently Not Met
42 percent of nationally-soliciting charities that did not meet one or more of the BBB Standards for Charity Accountability in the past year either...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Supporting Civil Rights Organizations
Many donors are motivated to give in response to the protest movement addressing racial justice issues. So, we thought we would provide tips to...
Welcome to the New Give.org
The BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA) is proud to launch the new version of its Give.org website. Although our main audience continues to...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Tornado Fundraising
As reported in the New York Times on May 28, “federal government weather forecasters logged preliminary reports of more than 500 tornadoes in the...
Wise Giving Wednesday: The Librarian’s $4 Million Bequest
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...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Fraud Examiners Release 2020 Global Report
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.
Wise Giving Wednesday: Charity Budgeting
A quote attributed to the late, great American actor, Spencer Tracy, provides a reminder of the importance of managing finances: “There were times my...