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Wise Giving Wednesday: Helping Victims of the Tornadoes in Alabama

Destructive storms never cease to amaze and alarm us – the ability to flatten a house to rubble in minutes is still hard to believe each time we hear of it.
Mar 06, 2019
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Charities, Change and Risk Management

Yesterday, BBB Wise Giving Alliance’s COO, Bennett Weiner, attended the 13th BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium, Visions for Change: Building Better Outcomes, presented by the BBB Foundation of Metropolitan New York
Feb 27, 2019
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Similar Sounding Charity Names

It is common practice for a charity’s name to include the disease, problem or issue that the charity seeks to address.
Feb 20, 2019
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Matching Gifts and Impact Claims

It can be challenging to provide potential donors with incentives to make a contribution in view of so many competing interests in today’s marketplace.
Feb 13, 2019
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Getting the Basics from Charity Annual Reports

This is the time of year when many charities begin preparing their annual reports. When done properly, this item provides a helpful narrative summary of the organization’s recent accomplishments
Feb 06, 2019
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Wise Giving Wednesday: Charities & 2019 Data Privacy Day

This past Monday, January 28th, was Data Privacy Day which has been observed in the U.S. and Canada since 2008
Jan 30, 2019

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