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10 Reads for Your 2021 List

We made a list of notable books (and a few articles) from 2020 that will inform and inspire you and your organization this year.

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#GivingTuesday: 3 Steps to #GreatGiving

“Ultimately, engaging in great giving requires thoughtful reflection. To be a great giver means giving with intention, giving with information, and giving with others.”

6 Tips for Giving Like a Pro

  Elie Hassenfeld, Co-Founder of GiveWell, is particularly aware of how many articles around great giving are published in the…

#GivingTuesday: Singapore

  Known in Singapore as #GivingTuesdaySG, the campaign returns for a second year with more than 200 partners and two new…

Fund for Shared Insight Announces $5.26 Million in Grants

“Shared Insight will fund 14 one- to three-year grants designed to encourage and incorporate feedback from the people the social sector seeks to help; understand the connection between feedback and better results; foster more openness between and among foundations and grantees; and share lessons learned.”

Key Facts: U.S. Foundations

  According to the Foundation Center’s 2014 report, Key Facts on U.S. Foundations “record-high levels of giving continue to grow…

#GivingTuesday: Engaging PhilanthroKids

  I’ve been a huge fan of #GivingTuesday since I first heard about it back in September, 2012 during a conference at…

Vendors for Good

  In the early ’90s, I owned a company that raised money for nonprofit organizations. The work was exciting and…

Give Your Best

  On #GivingTuesday’s blog this week, Caroline Fiennes writes about great giving and getting to know a charity better.  …

#GivingTuesday: Latin America

  The first time I heard about #GivingTuesday my immediate reaction was “this can certainly work over here”; “here” being…

To Help One Child or a Million

  In a recent NPR article, Shankar Vedantam asks “why do people sometimes give generously to a cause — and…