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Nonprofit Love: Two FREE Online Events from GuideStar You Won’t Want to Miss

Guidestar – our partner – has declared February the month of February Nonprofit Love (we concur!). To help nonprofits, Guidestar is launching a series of...

2014 Golden Globe Nominees: Celebrities and The Causes They Care About

As the Hollywood awards season begins to rev up, all eyes are front and center on the celebrities who will be strutting their stuff at the Golden Globes. Celebrities...

How to Make Social Sourced Reviews Work for Your Nonprofit

Think about the last time you bought something online. Did you look at Amazon or Google reviews first? Did you use Yelp to find a great local restaurant? Did you use...

Resolve To Do Good

For many of us, ushering in a new year means a chance to transform aspects of our lives. We do that by resolving to do things – lose weight, quit a bad habit, increase...

Giving Wisely and Joyfully

It’s that time of the year! There is just a couple of days remaining in the year to make your charitable donation. The stock market’s been good to many of you this year...

How To Help — And Not To Help — The Philippines

The enormity of the human tragedy and pain caused by Typhoon Haiyan is splashed across every news site and TV. As we think about how we can help, there are several...

Give Hope & Joy this Holiday Season!

By contributing writer Amanda Howard, and Brad Jamison, contributing writer and founder of Good Citizen, Christmas time is often called “the most wonderful time of the...

Happy Holidays and Thank you!

Happy Holidays! It’s been our privilege to serve you this year. We want to see you succeed – inspire and inform more supporters and use feedback to have...

Cheers to Charity: Helping Around the Holidays

Pine trees. Gilded glass ornaments. Big gold boxes wrapped with shiny red ribbons. The image of the holidays we have is one of people cozying up next to the...

Serving On a Nonprofit Board

Most of us reach a point in our careers where we need a new challenge. A little change once in a while spices up our lives and motivates our work. What better way to...

Help Victims of Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan has left millions of families and children in need in the Philippines. As many as 2.5 million people require assistance. In this video, the Governor of...

Top 5 Reasons for Joining in #GivingTuesday!

The holiday season is quickly approaching and soon we’ll be finding ourselves caught up in the shopping madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Thankfully,...

Wreaths Across America Strives to Honor Veterans Every Day

“To be killed in war is not the worst that can happen. To be lost is not the worst that can happen… to be forgotten is the worse.” – Pierre Claeyssen An important yet...

Get The Most Out of #GivingTuesday

#GivingTuesday is the brainchild of the 92nd Street Y, a nonprofits cultural and community center in New York. The idea is to inspire giving and help charities...

Back-To-School: The Perfect Time to Serve

By Brad Jamison: contributing writer and founder of Good Citizen. Back-to-school time is an annual reminder of the many service opportunities we have to help ensure...

Raising a Compassionate Child In the Age of Entitlement

You can also read this article here on LinkedIn! Imagine this: your seventeen-year-old daughter is texting her friend on her flip phone. She’s had this phone since...

The Surprising Science of How To Be Happy By Spending Money

You can also read this article here on LinkedIn! Dan is on his way to work and pulls up to the coffeehouse down the street from his office. He orders a latte and a...

International Travel and Do-Good Opportunities

You can also read this article here on LinkedIn! Leave behind more from this summer than bad tan lines and stale cotton candy. Have an adventure and make a difference....

Top Volunteer Opportunities in Tampa 2019

Want to volunteer or intern at a great Tampa nonprofit? Whether you’re new to the city and want to learn about its charities, trying to change up your routine with some...

Top Volunteer Opportunities in Pittsburgh 2013

Want to volunteer or intern at a great Pittsburgh nonprofit? Whether you’re new to Pittsburgh, trying to change up your routine with some local charity work, or just...