On December1, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, announced the birth of their first child with the news that they would be giving away 99% of their shares in Facebook during their lifetime, to charity. The couple…
There is an increase in donations to charities and foundations during November and December each year. From Thanksgiving onwards there is a steady increase of donations to foundations and charities. According to Network for Good, in 2014, up to 31%…
There is much written about popular foundations, the work they do and often the celebrity name behind the cause, but a foundation is more than a charity. It has a specific mandate and is regulated by the laws of the…
Philanthropy is on the rise across Asia and Russia. It’s not just a thing to be seen to be done, either. Some of the biggest names in Russian business are doubling down on their charitable donations. According to a Bloomberg…
As a non-profit organization, it can be hard to get your message out and even harder to encourage donations, support and increase awareness. In a world of crowdfunding, viral social media, and increasingly more websites competing for the public’s attention,…
With movements like ‘#Giving Tuesday’, people can give to charity over Thanksgiving and really make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate, on a holiday that has become a frenzy of sales and special offers for consumers. ‘#Giving…
There are millions of children around the world waiting to be adopted, and while adoption agencies in many countries place children in loving homes, it is often an immense struggle to find ‘forever families’ for children with special needs. In…
How do donors ‘choose’ a charity? How much research do donors and sponsors do when trying to find a foundation or not-for-profit to bestow their gifts on? With a dazzling array of causes, many backed by celebrities, it can be…
A viral campaign that had hundreds of thousands of people drenching themselves in icy water for a good cause… How many people actually understood the deeper significance of this activity, and the cause which they were supporting? Even celebrities and…
Crowdfunding, the art of raising money by seeking smaller donations from a large pool of people, primarily through the internet, has changed the face not only of the non-profit world, but even of individuals and businesses. Such a large net…