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Wise Giving Wednesday: IRS “Dirty Dozen” List Includes Fake Charity Warning

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
Feb 22, 2017
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Art Taylor skypes with Nadine Dehgan of the Hearing Health Foundation as part of our Building Trust Video Interview series. Read our full report on the Hearing Health Foundation here, https://bit.ly/2VxHRv1. For information on the most trustworthy charities, go to https://give.org/.
Feb 22, 2017
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Art Taylor skypes with Nadine Dehgan of the Hearing Health Foundation as part of our Building Trust Video Interview series. Read our full report on the Hearing Health Foundation here, https://bit.ly/2VxHRv1. For information on the most trustworthy charities, go to https://give.org/.
Feb 21, 2017
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Animal Charities & Classification

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
Feb 15, 2017
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Art Taylor interviews Priscilla Ma of World Animal Protection as part of our ongoing project with WGA Charity Seal Holder CEO's. Read our full report on World Animal Protection here, https://bit.ly/2U7AOri. For information on the most trustworthy charities, go to https://give.org/.
Feb 14, 2017
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Charities Fighting Poverty

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
Feb 08, 2017