Wise Giving Wednesday: Giving for Hurricane Matthew Relief
Hurricane Matthew was rated a Category 4 (which is defined as having winds from 133 to 155 miles per hour) as it struck Haiti...
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Wise Giving Wednesday: A Look at the Future of Charity Accountability
In an earlier blog, I talked about our 15th anniversary operating under the “BBB Wise Giving Alliance” name. Looking to our work in the...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Summer Giving
The first week of July reminds us that summer is here: rising temperatures, July 4th celebrations, vacations and backyard barbeques. While many us make...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Preparing for Hurricane Florence Disaster Relief Giving
Tuesday morning, a snip from of an interview I did appeared as part of a story that aired on ABC’s Good Morning America: Woman...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Helping Victims of the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
A mass murder of innocent people is a remarkable tragedy, and when it takes place in a house of worship where individuals go to...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Will U.S. Tax Code Changes Impact 2018 Giving?
Last month, a previous Wise Giving Wednesday blog addressed the issue of deducting donations at tax time and expressed charity concern that changes in...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Helping Victims of the Second 2018 Tsunami in Indonesia
On Saturday, December 22, 2018, Indonesia suffered from a devastating tsunami which has taken over 400 lives and injured over a thousand people.
Wise Giving Wednesday: New Data on the Influence of Corporate Giving
While 8 out of 10 Baby Boomers currently give to charity, new data from a Porter Novelli Styles survey shows that half of millennials...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Fundraising for Victims of Parkland Shooting
It is with heavy hearts that we endure another mass shooting which resulted in the senseless deaths of 17 school children, this time at...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Face-to-Face Summer Fundraising
As we approach the summer season, feel the warmer weather and dream of ice cream scoops on cones, the public will also experience in-person...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Donors Helping Small Businesses
The study BBB Wise Giving Alliance released last week (Give.org Special Report: COVID-19 and the Charitable Sector) provided results of two surveys: a survey...
Wise Giving Wednesday: June 12th Charity Conference Will Take a Global View of Charity Accountability
As Americans, we sometimes assume we are the only ones facing the problems we see within our shores and don’t take the time to...