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Results Of The Chronicle of Philanthropy 2013 Survey on Corporate Giving

Tech Soup

For instance, 2006 saw a surge in corporate giving , while the recession year of 2008 had a gloomy giving outlook. Since 2008 corporate philanthropy has either been flat with no increase in giving or modestly increased, almost exactly corresponding to the growth patterns of the U.S. Bank of America ($222 million cash).

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. All rights reserved.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy 2013 Survey on Corporate Giving and Akhtar Badshah of Microsoft on How To Get Corporate Grants

Tech Soup

For instance, 2006 saw a surge in corporate giving , while the recession year of 2008 had a gloomy giving outlook. Since 2008 corporate philanthropy has either been flat with no increase in giving or modestly increased, almost exactly corresponding to the growth patterns of the U.S. Bank of America ($222 million cash).

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Raising the Floor of the Platform Economy: Co-ops, Unions, and the Struggle to Transform Technology

Non Profit Quarterly

The global financial crisis in 2008 also led labor unions to re-imagine new partnerships with various worker cooperatives, both in and out of the platform economy. The largest worker cooperative in the US, Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA), is a union co-op, whose homecare worker-owners has been affiliated with SEIU 1199 since 2003.

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Leading the Resistance: 28 Organizations You Can (and Should) Support Today

EveryAction

The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund's mission is to change the face and voice of America's politics and achieve equality for LGBT Americans by increasing the number of openly LGBT officials at all levels of government. NARAL Pro-Choice America. Emerge America. Donate | Volunteer | Advocate | Twitter | Facebook. She Should Run.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

Have Fun - Do Good

For example, we put together the 2008 Seva Challenge. We are hoping to have hundreds and hundreds, thousands actually, of small groups like this, all across America, doing service-oriented projects, but in a sustainable way, in community. It's called the Bare Witness Humanitarian Tours. We give them support along the way on this.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

Having said that, I do believe that America straddles this very interesting place, where on the one hand it sees itself as a leader in the world, and it sees itself as an exceptional power in the world, but then it's sort of ambivalent about whether or not it actually wants to take on that mantle fully. I am always a big believer in that.

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