Wise Giving Wednesday: Volunteer Vacations
As the summer heat bears down on a number of areas this week, many of us have thoughts of visiting the beach or just...
News & Updates
Read the Wise Giving Wednesday blog each week to keep up to date on charity issues.
Wise Giving Wednesday: Coins in Fundraising Letters
One of the challenges for charities that use direct mail fundraising is to get the recipient to open the envelope. Whether a potential donor...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Ramadan and Philanthropy
We give for the benefit of others for many reasons. Among the most powerful is faith. This is certainly true of Islam. According to...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Charities and National Mental Health Awareness Month
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. This is a cause that has received increased attention in recent years due to a variety of...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Complaints About Charities
The majority of individuals visiting the Give.org website are seeking to access our standards-based evaluative reports on...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Hacking Nonprofit Collaboration
In partnership with the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), the BBB Wise Giving Alliance is producing an article series that calls on the nonprofit...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Change for Charities – Rounding Up Your Register Bill
On a daily basis, most of us receive charitable appeals of some kind but an increasingly popular one is the request to round up...
Give.org and BBB Issue Contributor Cautions on Hurricane Dorian Disaster Relief
Arlington, VA (August 30, 2019) – As Hurricane Dorian approaches the Florida coast, BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB’s Give.org) and Better Business Bureau encourage...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Donate With Honor – Federal Trade Commission Calls Out Charity Fraud
In our continuing Wise Giving Wednesday series about the “Donate With Honor” press conference held at the Washington DC office of the Federal Trade...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Building the New Normal
Pratichi Shah currently serves on the BBB Wise Giving Alliance Board of Directors. She produced this advisory to provide assistance to charities dealing with...
Nepal Giving Update: GlobalGiving Foundation
I know, its not #wisegivingwed, but in light of the situation in Nepal I thought I would share information I received from GlobalGiving Foundation,...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Donate With Honor – Charity Misled Donors in Appeals for Phone Cards for Troops
In our continuing Wise Giving Wednesday series about the “Donate With Honor” press conference held at the Washington DC office of the Federal Trade...