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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

Greg Anglea, Interfaith Community Services

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

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

Rob Butcher, Swim Across America

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

Wise Giving Wednesday: Charitable Weddings

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

Mar 29, 2017

Wise Giving Wednesday: Fighting Future Fundraising Fraud

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

Mar 23, 2017

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