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#GivingTuesday, The New Holiday Celebration
November 28, 2013
November 28, 2013–Why not kick off the holidays in the same way retail stores take part in Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with a day devoted to giving? #GivingTuesday will...
Companies Lean on Professional Staff to Support Communities Worldwide
October 21, 2013
October 21, 2013–Why pro bono? Nonprofit organizations all over the world receive free access to professional services that typically cost thousands of dollars. Corporate employees use their skills to help...
Behind the Numbers: What do Trends in Corporate Giving Mean for You?
October 1, 2013
October 1, 2013–CECP, where Fortune 500 companies turn to achieve societal progress and sustainable business performance, recently released its annual Giving in Numbers – 2013 Edition. We analyze in that...
The Network Effect: How Business Drives Progress
October 3, 2013
October 3, 2013–With summer vacations behind us and a slight chill in the air, the time is ripe to roll up our sleeves and approach the challenges ahead of us...
Internet.org: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? Not So Fast
August 30, 2013
August 30, 2013–If you are one of the 2.7 billion people in the world with internet access, you may have read last week that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg brought to life...
Charity, Prosperity, and the Industrial Complex
August 16, 2013
August 16, 2013–Peter Buffett’s New York Times Op-Ed piece “The Charitable-Industrial Complex” reads like the diary of an early explorer, a mix of insightful and simplistic observations of the new...
Corporate Giving: Charity or Good Business?
July 16, 2013
July 16, 2013—There are two basic models of corporate philanthropy. The charity model: write a check to a health clinic that fights AIDS or a school that focuses on educating...
The Three Roads to Building Volunteer Value
July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013 — In early 2012, Philanthropy New York began working with Reimagining Service to bring its core mission and principles to our members, a mix of traditional grantmakers...
Ahead, Together: Corporate Philanthropy and the Arts
June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013–The powerful impact the arts can have on social change and business objectives was showcased for corporate giving officers from around the country last week thanks to a...
It Takes a Village
June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013–In my work developing corporate cause-marketing campaigns and generating engagement for nonprofit initiatives, I’ve learned that very few projects get traction without strategic partnerships and strong coalition-building. This...
