Basic Giving Tips
Before donating, make sure you’re making smart, informed choices. These essential giving tips will help you maximize your impact and avoid common pitfalls.
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 sector, and others engaged in philanthropy, to embody a new and pioneering spirit
of collaboration. Grounded in trust, these partnerships reach broader audiences, share the risk involved in experimentation
and accomplish more than any single organization can do alone.
Today, May 17
th, my entry in the
Advancing Collaboration article series, titled “Hacking Collaboration,” is live on SSIR’s website and accessible
via the following link:
http://www.give.org/advancingcollaboration/art-taylor/
After reading this piece, we invite you (charities, businesses or donors) to join the movement by entering your name
on the
Advancing Collaboration pledge page which demonstrates a commitment to finding more partners with complementary
assets to execute a shared vision. Charities, business or other entities engaged in social good, can pledge to operate
with a collaborative spirit that fosters joint action to deliver greater value. Donors can pledge to support
collaborative organizations. After signing, you can download a pledge icon to place on your website or social media
to encourage others to join as well.
Additionally, as part of our Building Trust Video series, we are pleased to provide a video of Robin Smalley, Co-Founder
and Director of
mothers2mothers (a
BBB Accredited Charity) which offers support to HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers in sub-Saharan Africa.
We are always working with charities to publish or update reports for donors. Visit
Give.org or local BBBs to check out any charity before giving. Our recently evaluated charities include:
Finally, remember to let us know by going to
https://www.give.org/ask-us-about-a-charity1/ if you are interested in seeing a report on a charity
not on the list and we will do our best to produce one.
H. Art Taylor, President & CEO
BBB Wise Giving Alliance
