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5 Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Meaning

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. I’m still rounding up stray pine needles stuck in the rug and eating the few remaining arms and legs of broken gingerbread...

9 Organizations Making Progress Towards Gun Control

You have the power to prevent shootings, and deaths due to gun violence. Donate to these 9 organizations working toward the prevention of gun violence in the United...

9 Organizations Making Progress Towards Gun Control

In wake of the shooting in Orlando, many Americans question whether our gun laws are doing enough to prevent senseless violence. The recent shooting in an Orlando was...

7 Reasons Why Giving Makes Us Happy

Giving makes donors feel joyous and connected, and can physically good for you. Studies have shown that volunteering makes people feel physically healthier, manage...

Inspiration Break: Craig Newmark on (dry) humor, humility, and helping others

Inspiration Break: A series of interviews with Nonprofits thought leaders. Craig Newmark is a self-described nerd, Web pioneer, philanthropist, and advocate of...

2015 Top-Rated List of Nonprofits This Season of Giving

Redwood Shores, Calif. – To help donors and volunteers find worthy charities to support this season of giving, GreatNonprofits released their annual list of Top-Rated...

2015 Top-Rated List of Nonprofits-Austin

Redwood Shores, Calif. – As people are shopping local, eating local, this year they are also more interested than ever in supporting local charities. Charitable...

2015 Top-Rated List of Nonprofits-Washington, D.C.

Redwood Shores, Calif. – As people are shopping local, eating local, this year they are also more interested than ever in supporting local charities. Charitable...

2015 Top-Rated List of Nonprofits-San Jose

Redwood Shores, Calif. – As people are shopping local, eating local, this year they are also more interested than ever in supporting local charities. Charitable...

21 Companies That Pay You to Volunteer

As we enter into the height of the giving season, many of us make donations to our favorite charities. But giving doesn’t have to be limited to the holidays. Or...

Charlize Theron’s Empowering Approach to Ending AIDS by 2030

By: Susan Peters We all know Charlize Theron. Dior She’s fierce. Warner Bros She’s a champion. Oscars And she stands up for what she believes in. Giphy One...

The Force is Strong With These Nonprofits: 15 Charities ‘The Force Awakens’ Cast Members Love

Written by: Susan Peters “There is good in him. I’ve felt it.” -Luke Skywalker, Return of the Jedi The dark side and the light have set aside their lightsabers to unite...

Inspiration Break: Jim Doty, Neurosurgeon, on Why Compassion is Important.

Inspiration Break: A series of interviews with Nonprofits thought leaders. Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and...

Spread the Generosity!

Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. People all over the world are getting together to celebrate generosity. Join the movement and celebrate...

Inspiration Break: Robert Egger on Keeping the “Pizzaz” in Giving Back

For our Thanksgiving version of Inspiration Break, we sit down with Robert Egger, nonprofit leader, activist and speaker. Egger is the founder of both D.C. Central...

10 Ways You Can Actually Help Syrian Refugees

Written By: Maria Losada With the recent and unfortunate tragedy in Paris, the road for refugees will only get rougher. The continuous barrage of news updates may make...

Inspiration Break: Jonah Sachs of “Free Range” on Storytelling

Inspiration Break: A series of interviews with Nonprofits thought leaders. For our second interview, we had the opportunity to speak with Jonah Sachs — globally...

Affluenza: A New Disease of the Rich In Era of Inequality

Some people are calling this “affluenza”. It’s a condition that afflicts rich people and makes them selfish, unhappy, and obsessed with making more money. Now...

Donors Want Giving To Be More Joyful, Connected and Simple

You’ve been collecting personal and inspiring stories from volunteers, clients and donors on GreatNonprofits. These stories make donors feel good, feel connected, and...

10 Rules for Dating in the Nonprofit Sector

Source: Flickr user amboo who? Our friend, Vu Le, wrote one of the funniest pieces we’ve read in a long time on the blog Nonprofit with Balls. Here’s...