Wise Giving Wednesday: Happy New Giving Year
As we celebrate the start of a new year and make plans and resolutions, we also have an opportunity to strengthen and revise our...
News & Updates
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Fundraising Events for Hurricane Florence Disaster Relief
Last week we provided advice for donors about Hurricane Florence relief. While Hurricane Florence has passed, many of the areas impacted by flooding from...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Schools & Fundraising
Children return to schools around the country as we approach the Labor Day holiday. To many parents, this means more than just new backpacks,...
Wise Giving Wednesday: ‘Tis the Season
As noted in this week’s Chronicle of Philanthropy, this holiday season is expected to result in significant gains for charities due to a variety...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Building Trust Part 6
On Monday I was honored to share our standards with business executives attending the Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals Annual Conference. It was great...
Wise Giving Wednesday: BBB WGA’s “Advancing Collaboration” Wins ASAE Innovation Award
Yesterday, the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Foundation announced that the BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA) is one of five awardees of...
Juneteenth Message from Art Taylor
Since it’s Juneteenth Day, I thought it appropriate for me to post this video to urge Charitable and Non-Profits of all kinds to lead...
Wise Giving Wednesday – Building Trust Part 12
Unless told otherwise, donors are going to expect their contributions to be used for current purposes. This common sense principle is especially evident in...
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...
Wise Giving Wednesday: Mental Health Month
Before the close of May, we wanted to take a moment to recognize that this is Mental Health Awareness Month (aka Mental Health Month).
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...
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...