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Jun 7, 2017
Ariana Grande’s benefit concert on June 4th, One Love Manchester, helped raise over $3 million for the British Red Cross to benefit the victims of the terrorist bombing at the Manchester Arena in Englan
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May 30, 2017
As we approach the summer season, feel the warmer weather and dream of ice cream scoops on cones, the public will also experience in-person solicitations for charities in many major cities in the U.S. a
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May 25, 2017
Although we have seen other tragedies and disasters in the past year, the terrorist bombing at the Manchester Arena in England has had a significant emotional impact. Many of those killed or wounde
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May 18, 2017
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 e
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May 10, 2017
The images are familiar but heart wrenching, a small motor boat glides over waist high waters, passes devastated homes and the roofs of enveloped cars. Several days ago, areas near the Mississippi
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May 4, 2017
Arlington, VA – As charity work gets more public attention, BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA) and Community Health Charities recently joined forces to promote transparency and high standards of conduct
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May 3, 2017
Guest Blog by Michael Chatman, President & CEO, Cape Coral Community Foundation BBB Wise Giving Alliance President & CEO Art Taylor and Cape Coral Community Foundation President & CEO
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Apr 26, 2017
If a child, who already has a bicycle, asks his/her parents for a new flashy model, they might prompt the child to help make that happen: “If you save enough for a third of the cost of the new bike, we’
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Apr 20, 2017
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
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Apr 12, 2017
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
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Apr 5, 2017
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
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Mar 29, 2017
With the start of spring and warmer weather also comes thoughts of weddings and other planned happy events. As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald on March 17, 2017, however, one 24-year old you
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Mar 23, 2017
Yesterday in Washington, DC, the Federal Trade Commission held its first charity conference: Give & Take: Consumers, Contributions and Charity. Both Bennett Weiner (BBB WGA’s Chief Operating O
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Mar 15, 2017
Several days ago, a CBS story reported that a couple in New York was arrested for allegedly using social media and other communications to defraud donors by raising money using a picture of a boy fighti
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Mar 8, 2017
Today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day which is a “global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.” It has been observed since the early 1900s an
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Mar 1, 2017
As a symbol of achievement in the movie industry and perhaps worldwide, the Oscars are probably one of the most recognized awards given out today. While there is no equivalent in philanthropy, it is int
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Feb 22, 2017
For a number of years, the Internal Revenue Service has come out with its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams to help people avoid schemes that may impact them during tax filing season. This year “fa
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Feb 15, 2017
In high school biology, most of us learn about the taxonomy classification system, first introduced in the 18th century, that uses a ranking hierarchy to identify every creature on the earth starting wi
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Feb 8, 2017
Even though charity is quite broad in the scope of activities falling under its definition, when we hear the word “charity,” most of us first think of helping those in need. At its core, that obje
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Feb 1, 2017
Last year, we posted a blog about Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) explaining that, in the face of various public allegations and the departure of senior WWP executives, we had to reopen our evaluation on
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