Many generous people regularly donate to the causes they believe in irrespective of any potential tax benefits. Take advantage of tax deductions if you can and give generously if you...
There are significant downsides to donating to charity in a store checkout line. Any time a donor puts a third party in between their donation and a charity, it increases...
In nonprofit financial reporting, the funds spent on telemarketing, direct mail, or other solicitation activities that also include an "action step" or "call to action" are referred to as "Joint...
Is this charity "legit"? Or, more correctly, is this charity "legitimate"? This is one of the most common questions asked by donors. And yet, what a donor defines as a...
"...[C]rowdfunding campaigns [are] the 'Wild West of charity fundraising... Good intentions mixed with hubris is a dangerous combination,' Styron said." Crowdfunding: Don't Rely on the Wisdom of the Crowd.
CharityWatch Executive Director, Laurie Styron, talks to Here & Now (National Public Radio) to prepare donors for Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday, and the busy holiday giving season.
"But in this case, the person who appears to be benefiting from the public goodwill isn't providing significant funding to the organization."
Attempts to computer-automate charity ratings have largely treated automation as an end unto itself, ignoring the complexity and incomparability of the underlying, unaudited financial data, often producing misleading and illogical...
Criminals target the most vulnerable after disasters. Avoid scams and fake charities...
Yom Kippur completes the period known in the Jewish faith as the High Holy Days that begin with Rosh Hashanah.
"One particular victim of a disaster can end up with $1 million or more, whereas people in the exact same situation, affected negatively by the exact same tragedy, sometimes have...
One particular victim of a disaster can end up with $1 million or more, whereas people in the exact same situation, affected negatively by the exact same tragedy, sometimes receive...
