PLEASE MAKE A RECURRING GIFT:   I've donated to the GlobalGiving Earthquake Fund - the money will go to a vetted network of NGOS - and they have a donor who is matching all recurring gifts.  Even if you made a donation, consider making a recurring gift which will be matched and assure that funding will be there when most needed.   You can donate here.   I also donated to Save the Children and if you are an Orbitz customer they are matching donations. According to the Guardian, the 7.8-magnitude … [Read more...]

The devastating earthquake in Nepal has killed more than 2,400 people and injured about 5,900, residents so far (as reported in the NY Times on Sunday).  Please donate to help Nepal's Earthquake Victims now. On Saturday morning, I got a news alert on my mobile phone that there had been a devastating 7.9 earthquake in Nepal.   I immediately looked on Facebook to check on my colleague, Robert Rosenthal from VolunteerMatch to see if he was okay.  Robert has been working the last year or so from … [Read more...]

Perhaps you’ve been reading about Gen Z and that they’re tech savvy, passionate about doing good, and might just shake up philanthropy.    I recently read an article in the New York Times about conference for Gen Z who were learning entrepreneurial skills. That’s where I first read about  Sejal Makheja, 16, a sophomore who lives in McLean, Va. When she was 14, Sejal founded the Elevator Project, an organization that aims to lift people out of poverty through apprenticeship, vocational training … [Read more...]

Guest Post by Michelle Huttenhoff, Knight Foundation With the clock ticking for Give Local America on May 5, community foundations and others are finalizing plans for this national day of online giving. At Knight Foundation, we’ve been providing insights on organizing successful Giving Days, and wanted to share the latest information we have gathered. Our work started with The Giving Day Playbook, a soup-to-nuts guide that is continuously updated. Today, we wanted to share insights from six 2014 … [Read more...]

Note from Beth: Give Local America, powered by Kimbia’s technology, is an effort to coordinate giving days on one platform.   Last year, Give Local America raised more than $53 million from more than 306,000 gifts in 2014.  Though Give Local America is a national giving day event,  it has many community foundations and nonprofits running unique campaigns in their various communities.    Lori Finch,  Vice President of Community Giving,  Kimbia and the General Manager of Give Local America,  … [Read more...]