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7th Annual Project Healing Waters Two-Fly Tournament Raises $220,000

Ed Felker | Posted 05.02.2013 | Sports
Read More: Wounded Veterans, Photography, Troops, Lefty Kreh, Reed Doughty, Ed Jaworowski, Outdoors, Project Healing Waters, America, Competition, Charity, Charitable Organizations, Rose River Farm, Douglas Dear, Trout, Nature, Jerry Nonnemacher, Fly Fishing, Ed Nicholson, Catch and Release, Phwff, Impact-Sports, Patriotism, Sports News
Ed Felker

Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing utilizes fly fishing and fly tying in the rehabilitation of disabled servicemen and women in Military Hospitals, VA Medical Centers and Warrior Transition Units all across the country.

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Sabrina Siddiqui

Major Nonprofit Coalition Backs Obama's Plan To Raise Taxes On The Rich

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 12.13.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama added another powerful budget negotiation ally when one of the nation's largest and most prominent charity coalit...

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Your Start-Up Life: "Find What You Love to Do"

Rana Florida | Posted 09.25.2012 | Business
Read More: Charitable Organizations, Skills, Career Goals, Talent, Fund for Animals, Nonprofit, Jobs, Corporate, Partnerships, Animals, Business, Legislation, Advice, Government, Teamwork, Wayne Pacelle, Passions, The Bond, Humane Society of the United States, Business News
Rana Florida

Humane Society CEO Wayne Pacelle is a modern day super hero. His beneficiaries aren't just animals but people too, who can achieve a better and truer kind of humanity by changing the way we treat the creatures we share the planet with.

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Dan Froomkin

Do Koch Bros. Have A Master Plan?

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 03.22.2012 | Politics
Read More: 501(C)(3), David Koch, Charitable Organizations, Video, Cato Institute, Koch Brothers, Charles Koch, Koch Cato, 501c3, Cato, Political Advertising, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Anyone wondering why the ultra-conservative billionaire industrialist Koch brothers are trying to seize control of the libertarian Cato ...

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Help Arrives for Afghan Children Freezing to Death

Dorian de Wind | Posted 04.15.2012 | World
Read More: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan Refugees, Charitable Organizations, u.s. Military Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, United Nations, Afghanistan War, World News
Dorian de Wind

This past Saturday, American troops delivered 1,000 blankets for the 6,000 refugees in the Kabul Charahi Qambar camp -- the same camp where several children have already died from the cold.

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How to Start a Non-Profit

Steve Mariotti | Posted 08.21.2011 | Impact
Read More: Non-Profits, Nonprofit, Nonprofits, Charitable Organizations, Charity, Social Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Impact News
Steve Mariotti

Personal experience will provide the passion and insights needed to build a non-profit social venture. But remember, where money is the overriding motivation, an organization should be established on the for-profit model.

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Fascinating People of 2010

Hayley Griffith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Tory Burch, Tory Burch Foundation, Barbara Walters, Mtv Jersey Shore, Charitable Organizations, Charitable Celebrities, Style News
Hayley Griffith

Tory Burch is not only an award winning designer and working mother of 3 but an active philanthropist.

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Top 400 Charities See Billions Less In Donations, Biggest Percentage Drop Ever Recorded

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Chronicle of Philanthropy, Philanthropy 400, Charity Organizations, Charitable Organizations, Charity, Economic Crisis, United Way, Donating to Charity, Charity Drop, Charitable Giving, Charity Decline, Salvation Army, Impact News

WASHINGTON — A new ranking of the nation's 400 biggest charities shows donations dropped by 11 percent overall last year as the Great Recession ...

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Serve a Senior this Summer -- And Help the Kindness Catch On

Gina Furia Rubel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Nonprofits, Charitable Organizations, Charitable Giving, Senior Citizens, Charity, Twilight Wish Foundation, Seniors, Impact News
Gina Furia Rubel

In honor of "Twilight Wish Foundation Month," the national nonprofit is asking everyone to do a spontaneous act of kindness for an elder -- visit a housebound neighbor, drive a friend to the doctor, treat an elderly relative to lunch.

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Hey, Who Doesn't Want to Be a Millionaire?

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Millionaire, Gm, Latin America, Philanthropy, Donating to Charity, Recession, Foundation, Los Angeles, Business, New York, Kansas City, Goldman Sachs, Charitable Organizations, Charity, 2016 Olympics, Money, Charitable Giving, Rio De Janeiro, Coke, Uncharitable, Capitalism, Millionaires in Latin America, Millionaires, Wealth and Charity, Business News
Joel Epstein

According to a recent report the number of millionaire households around the world fell from around 11 million in 2007 to 9 million last year. The only region going the other way -- Latin America.

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Give Until it Hurts: I Promise, It'll Feel Good

Marika Holmgren | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Corporate Philanthropy, Charitable Organizations, Philanthropy, Environmental Organizations, Charity, Arts, Donating to Charity, Charitable Giving, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Donating to Non-Profits, Impact News
Marika Holmgren

The end of the year is just a couple of days away. Giving is easier than ever before: you can give through traditional channels, or use new giving strategies through Facebook or even a text message.

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Literary Community Rallies Around Author Through Donations for Silent Auction

Cicily Janus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Literature, Young Adult Literature, Silent Auctions, Hope, Young Adult, Donating to Charity, Literary Agents, Community, Young Adult Books, Charitable Giving, Artists, Cancer Patients, Hyperion, Literary Culture, Charitable Organizations, Disney, Literary, Holiday Charity, Cancer, Librarians, Bridget Zinn, Writing, Authors, Books, Books News
Cicily Janus

In artist communities around our country, it is imperative that we support each other and gather the support of others outside the community, especially in times of trouble.

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Madoff Scandal Proves That Foundations Need Stronger Leadership

Aaron Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Charitable Organizations, Philanthropy, Ponzi Scheme, Madoff Victims, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Sentencing, Business News
Aaron Dorfman

The foundations that had the poor judgment to invest with Mr. Madoff share one thing in common: they all were governed by small, homogeneous boards of trustees.

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America's Poor Give The Most To Charity

McClatchy | Frank Greve | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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WASHINGTON -- When Jody Richards saw a homeless man begging outside a downtown McDonald's recently, he bought the man a cheeseburger. There's nothing ...

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China Journal, May 14, 2009: NGO’s

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Charitable Organizations, Ngo, Gongo, China, World News
Madeleine M. Kunin

There used to be "old China hands" who spent a lifetime trying to figure out China. I'm beginning to conclude that it could take another lifetime to figure out who China is and where it is going today.

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What Can You do as an Individual to Uplift Humanity?

Mallika Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: President, Michelle Obama, Inauguration, Barack Obama, Helping the Needy, Charitable Gifts, Lifestyle, Charity, Service Nation, Helping Others, Obama Service Initiative, Obama Service, Charitable Giving, Helping the Homeless, Helping the Poor, Charitable Organizations, Intentions, Volunteering, Disease, Giving Back, Serving, Genocide, Living, Donations, Inequality, Healthy Living News
Mallika Chopra

The power that each of us has in our families, particularly as mothers, is incredible. We shape the world view, the biases, the sense of understanding and compassion in our children.

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People Are Hungry: How Can We Fix It?

Lisanne Finston | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: The Poor, Helping the Needy, Government Assistance, Poverty, Charity, Donating to Charity, Soup Kitchens, Poor and Needy, Donating to Non-Profits, Helping the Poor, Charitable Organizations, Hunger, New Jersey, Soup Kitchen, Food, Donations, Poverty Alleviation, Politics News
Lisanne Finston

What are we to do to address the problem of hunger around the nation? We must move beyond the quick fix emergency system that band aids the problem, to a long term approach that builds food security.

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Larry Mellon's Inspiring Mid-Life Crisis

Diana Odasso | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Health, Haiti, The Giving Life, Charitable Gifts, Poverty, Charity, World, Third World, Hopital Albert Schweitzer, Midlife Crisis, Tuberculosis, Infant Malnutrition, Mid-Life Crisis, Third World Countries, HIV/AIDS, Charitable Organizations, Starvation, Aids, Port-Au-Prince, World News
Diana Odasso

As I reflect on my holiday experience last year and in light of this year's economic and moral climate, I marvel on the ability of a few to change the lives of many.

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Social Return on Investment Remains Strong Despite Lagging Economy

Michelle Cote | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Boston, Raising Money, Charitable Organizations, Charity, Giving Back, Economy, Cancer, Dana Farber, Donations, Giving Money, Fighting for Cancer, Fighting Cancer, Healthy Living News
Michelle Cote

The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge was born 29 years ago when a young adventure athlete named Billy Starr decided to bring together a group of his friends to raise money to fight cancer.

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Hedge-funders Use Their Skills For Evil, Not Good

New York | Daily Intelligencer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: John Mackey, Charitable Organizations, Charity, Givewell, Hedge Funders, Metafilter, John P. Mackey, Holden Karnofsky, Business News

So it goes that just as soon as the holidays end, the snowflake-shaped scales fall from our eyes and harsh, cold reality sets in. All that goodwill an...

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