Working to Give: Philanthropies & Philanthropic Work
Stories of Philanthropy & Corporate Giving
Here is a feel good story and a worthy cause. Sam Green and his dog, Taylor Ham, are walking across America. Taylor Ham isn’t just any companion – he’s an 8.5 year old pit bull/collie mix who is keeping Green company on the quest to walk all the way to[…]
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Here’s an unusual fundraiser that was held recently for a great cause. Kevin Kurland is the co-owner of Smoky Quartz Distillery in Seabrook, New Hampshire. He actually decided to become a distiller while he was serving in Iraq in 2008. While waiting out an attack in Baghdad, he was reading[…]
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Here is a fun pick-me-up story. Joe McHugh of Westfield, Maine walked from Maine to Boston for charity. What makes the story even more inspiring is that he did so recently with three friends – and their fathers did the same walk in 1973. The walk in 1973 raised money[…]
Read moreHere is a nice idea to get behind – while also enjoying some delicious food. Immigrant Pathways Colorado has created a new cookbook called Together at the Table. It has recipes from around the world, and includes some recipes from immigrants they have already helped in the past. The charity[…]
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It’s interesting to think about which states are more generous than others. If you had to make a list of states that are generous – which ones would be on the list? And why would those states be more generous than others? According to a WalletHub study that was done[…]
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This article helps to shed light on a fascinating court case that will soon come before the Supreme Court. Does it make sense that states should be able to demand donor lists? States argue that they need donor lists because “They say states should be able to demand donor lists[…]
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Mother’s Day is a time to wish the women in our lives well, but it’s also a great time to do something for others. Here are two examples of people doing just that. Children’s book author Marianne Richmond is getting together with the charity Miracle Flights for a Mother’s Day[…]
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A recent survey has shed some interesting light on the type of giving that Americans did during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Smile Train, the largest cleft charity in the world, examined how Americans prioritized their giving during 2020 in a report called Caring Amid Crisis: How COVID-19 Influenced American[…]
Read moreIf you were asked how charitable your city is, would it be at the top or bottom of the list? It’s always interesting to see where various American cities fall on the list of charitable giving. Certainly, one would expect that cities that struggle with their own economic hardships would[…]
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Most of us would probably assume that America’s children all have a bed in which to sleep. It might not be the fanciest bed, or the most exciting bed, but it’s a bed. We would be right for about 97% of America’s children – but wrong for the other 3%.[…]
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