All Posts Tagged With: "donations"

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Haiti Relief Brings About Scams

As with any big disaster, opportunities are presented for con artists to take advantage of those with generous hearts and open wallets. With the recent situation in Haiti, consumer groups are warning the donators to perform due diligence before handing over any monies. Unfortunately many so-called organizations are set up haphazardly and even fraudulently, leaving [...]

January 15th, 2010 | tisha | Comments | Continued
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Choose Your Charities More Carefully with Charity Navigator

It’s always frustrating to donate your own hard-earned money to a supposed charity only to discover down the road, courtesy of a newscast, that the company you gave to was a fraud. It is one of the main reasons people have stopped giving cash to charities in recent years. While there are legitimate charities that [...]

July 25th, 2009 | tisha | Comments | Continued
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Finding Ways to “Give” When Times Are Tough

There are people around the world who would give more to charities, make more donations to causes they believe in, and just generally “give” more – if only they had the means to do so.  People who are experiencing (or have gone through challenging times in the past) times of financial difficulty are often the [...]

December 4th, 2008 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
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How to Support Your Favorite Charities Without Busting Your Budget

In times like these, when the majority of us are just trying to make ends meet and have food on the table, we tend to be strict with our budgets because quite frankly there is no way around it. We all have to watch what we spend and often feel a bit bad about not [...]

February 7th, 2008 | tisha | Comments | Continued
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4 Reasons to Become a Generous Giver

The United States as a whole is one of the most generous in the world, not because of large corporate checks or government sponsored aid, but rather because individuals take some of their hard earned money and contribute it to a worthy cause, whether it be helping those in need, working to cure a disease [...]

January 4th, 2008 | admin | Comments | Continued
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Donate Shares of Stock and Get Double Tax Savings!

December is the single biggest month for charities and other non-profit organizations. People are looking for ways to lower some of their taxes and the spirit of Christmas is upon us—and that means donations, lots of them. Some charities estimate that they make 20% of their annual income in the month of December alone. If [...]

December 27th, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued