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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Who Should You Give Your Money To?
As inevitable as falling leaves, and as ubiquitous as zombies at a Halloween party, is pink in October. From pink crystal pendants to pink footballs the world is awash in merchandise that claims to either donate money to, raise awareness for, or help researchers end breast cancer. Sadly, the reality is not that simple. Few [...] Continue reading
Charitable Giving: How Are Your Donations Being Spent?
Are you sure you know exactly how your charity of choice spends your donated dollars? More often than not, the answer is no. The Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign drew renewed attention to this issue when questions were raised about how the co-founders managed the charity’s finances. More recently, a CNN investigation revealed that the [...] Continue reading
Philanthropy on Aisle Four: Man Donates Kmart Inventory to Charity
Days before it closed its doors for good, a Winchester, Ky. man purchased the entire inventory of a Kmart and donated it to charity. The man behind the generosity was Rankin Paynter, a jewelry exchange business owner, who wondered what would happen to the store’s merchandise once it closed, reported a Lexington NBC affiliate. Instead [...] Continue reading