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Best Money Tips: Teaching Kids How to Donate Money

Today we found some great articles on teaching kids how to donate money, cutting the cost of college tuition, and why you need to carry cash.

How Charity Can Result In A Stronger Work Culture

Charity is its own reward. It's also good for business.

Creating a Campaign on the Fly: Lessons from SXSW

The kids at SXSW raised $120,000 for the Red Cross with just a twitter feed and a website. In less than week. With no advance planning.

Build Your Local Economy To Build Your Business

Taking the long view on community outreach and involvement.

How 15 Companies Went Above and Beyond to Help Japan

The outpouring of generosity from corporations has been incredible, with many finding unique ways to donated resources of all kinds. Here's how fifteen of them did it.

Ask the Readers: How Do You Give to Charity?

Tell us how you give to charity and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

How to Donate a Car to Charity

If you need to get rid of a car, selling it isn't your only option — if you donate it, you can help a charity you care about and get a nice tax deduction.

Cleaning Out for a Cause: Make a Noncash Tax-Deductible Donation

Donating your used goods can help those in need, reduce clutter, and give you a nice tax deduction. Here's what you need to know to donate goods before the end of the year.

Giving to Charity is Great. But How Do You Pick One?

The holiday season is crucial for charities nationwide. Find out how to pick the right charity for you and ensure your donation goes to those who really need it.

Building Philanthropy Into a Business

Philanthropy can be built into the structure of your company and, depending on how you handle it, that philanthropy can improve your business.

Local Branding: Make Your Company Part of the Community

Being seen as a valuable member of your local community can keep you in mind for prospective customers or clients in a way that many other branding strategies can't.

How Much Pro Bono Work Is Too Much?

How much pro bono work should you accept? How should you choose the customers? And how do you ensure these friendly freebies don't land you in the scope creep sinkhole?

Gift-Giving Ideas That Can Change Lives

Giving a gift that doesn't suck is not easy. Instead of focusing on the same old gift ideas, how about trying something that has the potential to change the person's life? It can b

A Restaurant Where You Pay What You Can Afford For The Meal?

It sounds like something out a movie, but it’s actually right out of Denver, my home city. And this wonderful idea is not only incredibly innovative and generous, it’s also working

Ten Great Charities that Deserve Your Dollars This Year

These are difficult economic times, but I'm getting tired of being told to spend my money on stuff, as if my personal saving habits are somehow ruining the economy. Instead of thro

Seller Funded Down Payment Assistance Charities - Scammers or Saints?

The United States House of Representatives just passed a massive mortgage bailout bill that includes many changes to the Federal Housing Administration and the Government Sponsored

How to Find Money for Charity

You're trying to delight everyone on your Christmas list, and then the guilt sets in. What about those in more need than your family? Here are 10 ways to find money for a donat

Manage your charitable giving

Are you one of the people who responds to begging letters from national charitable organizations by occasionally sending money? I used to do that. In my case, it was mostly envir

Charitable Giving: Give in Order to Receive

The idea of giving away what you have especially if you don't have much is a tough one to wrap your head around. But if you truly want to be rich (both literally and figu

Private foundations for ordinary folks

There are a lot of advantages to having a private foundation to use as the vehicle for your charitable giving. Sadly, the tax laws make setting up a private foundation impractical