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July 17, 2020
One popular way to raise funds is cause-related marketing: a business sells its product(s) to consumers with the announcement that some of the purchase...
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July 17, 2020
Hurricane Michael which is expected to make landfall in the Florida panhandle on Wednesday is anticipated to be a powerful storm. As reported, only...
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July 17, 2020
This year experienced more than its share of disasters and tragedy. Yet again we are faced with the results of another mass shooting −...
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July 17, 2020
I often point out that the BBB Wise Giving Alliance is a standards-based charity evaluator that seeks to verify the trustworthiness of charities by...
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July 17, 2020
This past week I was in Oslo, Norway participating in the Annual Meeting of the International Association of Fundraising Organizations (ICFO) which is an...
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July 17, 2020
Each year, some of the nationally soliciting charities on which we report, face public allegations. These can range anywhere from questions about the accuracy...
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July 17, 2020
In our continuing Wise Giving Wednesday series about the “Donate With Honor” press conference held at the Washington DC office of the Federal Trade...
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July 17, 2020
Destructive storms never cease to amaze and alarm us – the ability to flatten a house to rubble in minutes is still hard to...
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July 17, 2020
As we return from the July 4th holiday weekend of celebrations of USA’s birthday, I am reminded not only of the freedoms all of...
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July 17, 2020
Last week, I joined 21 other organizational leaders in signing a letter that was sent to 1400 foundations. You may be aware of it....
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July 17, 2020
As the holidays approach and the year draws to a close, many donors will be making their end of year donation decisions.
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July 17, 2020
As the Washington DC metropolitan area, and many other parts of the U.S. and Canada, experience bitterly cold weather, we are reminded of how...