Success Story: The Fred Hollows Foundation By Claire Knowlton on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 My Linh was born with cataracts in both her eyes and by 2nd grade, her sight was fading. Her mother, Loan, could hear her daughter crying at night because My Linh could not study or play with her friends. Read about how The Fred Hollows Foundation's cost-effective health care services gave My Linh the gift of sight. Read More
Giving and Team Building in the Workplace By Rhema Hokama on Monday, October 13, 2014 Our third Giving Game guest post features a corporate Giving Game played by thirty-five team members of TGG Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm co-founded by Freakonomics author Steve Levitt. TGG's corporate Giving Game successfully raised over $8000 for GiveDirectly, a non-profit that facilitates cash transfers to some of the world's poorest people. Today we're excited to bring you a guest post by TGG's Peter Cohen on what he and his colleagues learned about effective giving. Read More
Hitting Up Your Friends for Donations – Five Successful Strategies (part 2) By Elisabeth Meister on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 I recently had the idea to fundraise with a "Coffee Challenge" amongst my friends and family, but my efforts were off to a slow start. So in addition to troubleshooting my approach on my own, I also asked others for advice: people who had more experience than I did. Here are the five strategies they suggested that worked for me! Read More