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How You Can Help Foster Children Without Becoming a Foster Parent

In 2014, there were 415,129 kids in foster care. These children were pulled from all types of situations and asked to leave behind everything they’d ever known.

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...

Most Quotable Nonprofit Leaders

Here are some of the most inspiring words from some of the world’s greatest nonprofit leaders. Malala Yousafzai “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child,...

A Day in the Life of an Everyday Hero at Muttville Senior Dog Rescue

At the crack of dawn, Sherri Franklin awakens to a household full of old dogs. Franklin is the founder and CEO of San Francisco based Muttville Senior Dog Rescue. On...

Is Your Cause Ready To Matter More To People This Year?

Here Are Five Steps to Get You Moving in the Right Direction from Allison Fine, author of “Matterness, what fearless leaders know about the power and promise of...

The Promise of Charity: A Gift to Yourself and Others

The traditional season of giving may be coming to an end, but there is still time to give back or make a meaningful contribution to the community. But how do we get...

10 Tips for Effective Video Storytelling

Creating a video for your nonprofit organization can be a daunting task. But the benefits of getting behind the camera, or in front of it, are worth it. “1.8 million...

Keeping Warm from Head to Toe

The holidays may be over, but the good will and spirit of sharing doesn’t have to stop. In fact, the winter weather continues for at least a couple of months and we...

Busting the Myth of Overhead: What Really Matters in Charitable Giving

It’s the home stretch for donors to make tax deductible charitable gifts in 2014. To help donors choose wisely during this season of giving, some websites focus...

GreatNonprofits 2014 Data Report

It’s been a great year, everybody! To wrap up the year, here are great infographics of GreatNonprofits’ Data Summary for 2014! * Based on research conducted...

How Nonprofits Can Keep the Momentum Going After #GivingTuesday

This year “GivingTuesday” generated at least $45.7 million for nonprofit organizations. That’s up roughly 65 percent from 2013 according to...

Shopping with a Purpose

Christmas is just around the corner! This holiday season, why not “shop for good”? You probably spend a lot of time and energy looking for that perfect...

Share Quicks Acts of Kindness

(Click the image to get Free Printable Kindness Cards, a project of DoingGoodTogether.org) Not all acts of kindness require planning and advanced notice. In fact,...

Become a Family That Volunteers

Be a family that gives together! Here are some tips on Family Volunteering from Doing Good Together after the jump! Ten Tips to Start a Habit of Service This blog...

7 Ways Non-Profits Can Capitalize on Employment Information

This blog content has been provided by HEPdata. Over the past year, HEPdata has helped hundreds of universities and non-profits track down current employment...

#GivingTuesday is Here! …Now What?

So the day we’ve all been waiting for is here! #GivingTuesday – a national movement and brainchild of the 92nd Street Y– The idea is to create a daylong national...

Education A to Z

The summer months certainly flew by. Suddenly we are faced with the usual barrage of “Back-to-School” sales, lists of school supplies to buy, and getting...

Organizations with Volunteer Programs for Kids

In a recent blog post, Helping Kids Make a Difference, we covered simple ways to get kids involved in philanthropy and giving – ideas as simple as a peanut butter and...

Helping Kids Make a Difference

It’s Never Too Early to Help It’s easy to forget how lucky we are. We get in a particular groove, driving the kids to school, cheering them on at sporting...

What We’ve Got in Store for You, Nonprofits!

You’ve been wondering, what has GreatNonprofits done for me lately? We’ve listened to what you’ve wanted, and here are the details about our latest...