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Read the Wise Giving Wednesday blog each week to keep up to date on charity issues.

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Wise Giving Wednesday: If You Don’t Want Charities to Call

Many charities raise funds using telemarketing and do so responsibly, but there are others that some donors find annoying for a variety of reasons including the timing and frequency of the phone appeals
Apr 20, 2017
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BBB Wise Giving Alliance Building Trust Video Series. Art Taylor skypes with Melissa Hopson of the Boot Campaign. Read our full report on the Boot Campaign here, https://bit.ly/2FZoNPI. For information on the most trustworthy charities, go to https://give.org/.
Apr 17, 2017
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Charity Under the Big Top – Circus Fundraising Events

Earlier this year, Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus announced their closing after 146 years and are now in their final performances ending sometime in May. Falling ticket sales, criticism fro
Apr 12, 2017
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BBB Wise Giving Alliance Building Trust Video Series. Art Taylor skypes with Greg Anglea of Interfaith Community Services. Read our full report on Interfaith Community Services here, https://bit.ly/2Vur7ow. For information on the most trustworthy charities, go to https://give.org/.
Apr 11, 2017
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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 your bill at the supermarket or other store register and agree to donate y
Apr 05, 2017
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Art Taylor Skypes with Rob Butcher of Swim Across America as part of our Building Trust Video Series. Read our full report on Swim Across America here, https://bit.ly/2U4D0Qo. For information on the most trustworthy charities, go to https://give.org/.
Apr 04, 2017