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Wise Giving Wednesday: Helping Victims of California Wildfires

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

Dec 13, 2017

Wise Giving Wednesday: Give, But Give Wisely®

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

Dec 06, 2017

Wise Giving Wednesday: Giving After #GivingTuesday

Yesterday was #GivingTuesday - a designated day to donate to charities. Last week Wise Giving Wednesday featured this event and provided giving tips to keep in mind for those who participated by donatin

Nov 29, 2017

Wise Giving Wednesday: Giving Wisely on #GivingTuesday

The Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States, November 28th, is the sixth anniversary of #GivingTuesday − a designated day to donate to charities. Since its founding by the New York based 92Y, al

Nov 22, 2017

New Survey: Millennials are Raising the Next Philanthropic Superheroes

Arlington, VA − BBB's Give.org announced today new insights from its national survey highlighting generational differences in charitable giving habits. The findings, collected online from

Nov 16, 2017

Wise Giving Wednesday: Passing Wise Giving Habits to Children

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

Nov 15, 2017

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