Workplace Giving 101: Engage Leadership and Build a Team
Welcome to the second installment of Global Impact’s Workplace Giving 101 blog series exploring the ins and outs of successful workplace giving campaigns. In the first part of this blog series, we summarized some of the benefits of having a workplace giving campaign. This blog explores the role of campaign managers and top leadership as […]
Give from home: Grow hope with Seed Programs International
In much of the U.S., few things exemplify the holiday season like food: heaping plates of turkey and mashed potatoes, mugs full of cocoa and cider, gingerbread houses with sticky gum drop windows, candy canes on trees, pie crust bursting with berries, or a glass of milk with cookies by the fire. However, around the […]
Reaching the Pacific Northwest: Providing health care support in our own backyard
The name Medical Teams International may conjure up images of volunteers travelling around the world to treat patients. However, sometimes, the greatest need is right here at home in the U.S. – and Medical Teams International is working to meet that need, as well. For over 40 years and in over 40 countries, their volunteers […]
The numbers behind COVID-19 response with International Medical Corps
Every day, Americans rely on the numbers of the global coronavirus pandemic to understand the fundamentals: growth, threat, duration and impact. We look to numbers of those infected, those recovered and passed, hospital capacity, number of ventilators and masks needed or delivered that day, the inventory numbers at our nearby grocery stores, the clocks to […]
COVID-19: A story of hope
How charities are helping in the era of the new coronavirus Around the world, every minute, charities save lives. They work around the clock to provide essential programs that support sustainability and improve living conditions for millions. One falter, interruption in care, pause in fundraising or sudden increase in need could create an unstable situation […]
Why you should think about giving on St. Patrick’s Day
As we celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, one of my favorite holidays of the year, I couldn’t help myself from finding links to one of my favorite growing philanthropic trends: giving circles. Giving circles, part of the general category of collective giving, are groups of donors who pool their resources – be it time, talent or […]
Seed program packs nutrition, hope
“For now I ask no more than the justice of eating.” Pablo Neruda, Chilean Poet, Nobel Prize Winner. Saving the world starts with a seed – a seed of an idea, that grows with enough care, nourishment, attention, patience and determination to feed those who go hungry around the world every day. Saving the world […]
Measuring what matters – why impact is about far more than outputs
This article first appeared in the European Fundraising Association blog on Dec. 4, 2019 The past twenty years have brought ‘seismic’ changes to the charity sector and the way it is perceived. Where the biggest brands had dominated the charity world, the public now wants to know more about what their money will get. Geneva […]
Join Global Impact and our charity partners on #GivingTuesday
“GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019 and every day.” – GivingTuesday.org With the holiday season also comes a great opportunity to give to some of your favorite causes. Giving Tuesday is today, Dec. 3, 2019! The purpose of […]
World Vision redefines child sponsorship and includes corporations
World Vision is taking an innovative approach to child sponsorship – and companies are invited to be part of the new model. Child sponsorship is a life-changing opportunity to connect with a child living in another country. Although you may never meet, the child will benefit from a monthly gift that supports their basic needs: […]
