There are more than 1 million public charities in America today and people donated more than $358 billion to them in 2014, about 2 percent of the GDP, according to Charity Navigator. There are several ways that donors can do research to make sure that the money they give is being used efficiently and effectively […]
Susan Worline thinks of the best ideas while she’s relaxing in her hot tub. Her most novel one started with a Facebook post by her cousin Jay, offering a free Southwest Airlines ticket to anyone who wanted it, and ended up with Worline founding a not-for-profit organization to pay airfare for families in crisis situations […]
The question “How do your parents support organizations or causes?” was posed to children ages 17 and under in a 2010 survey by The Mint. Nearly 65 percent of the participants answered, “I don’t know.” Don’t let your children fall into that 65 percent. With the holidays and New Year approaching, you will be spending […]
Gumdrop roofs, pretzel decor and graham cracker fences galore! There was a whole lot of sweetness at the gingerbread house-building contest held by A. Perry Homes and Make It Better on Dec. 6—and it wasn’t just the candy. Children frosted, dotted and decked out their mouth-watering masterpieces in efforts to build the prize-winning house. The […]
Who doesn’t love a holiday house made entirely from sweet treats?
No one was more surprised than Chicago’s Jud Kinnucan and Geeta Singh when ABC-TV came calling. The nonprofit that Kinnucan founded and Singh directs, Bin Donated was chosen to be featured on the show “Secret Millionaire.” Businessman Steve Kaplan of Buffalo Grove was the featured secret millionaire, in an episode based in Chicago. One […]
What would you do for a favorite charity? Would you jump off a building? Okay, maybe not jump, but rappel down the 27-story theWit Hotel to raise money for the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago. Eighty people did just that on a recent spring weekend. Each raised at least $1,000 for the organization […]
The Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation’s decision to no longer fund grants to Planned Parenthood got a lot of people fired up. The resulting social media fury that spurred a reversal of that decision got us thinking: What should you do when your favorite charity disappoints you? Some ideas gleaned from around the […]
Pick up something for yourself at Saks Fifth Avenue and benefit your favorite charity. For everyone who loves a good reason to shop, this month Saks Fifth Avenue has pledged to donate 5% of all registered purchases made with a Saks credit card to charity. Steve Sadove, Chairman and CEO of Saks Inc., emphasises […]
It’s a new year, and it’s time for your charitable cause to get a new look. North Shore-based Get Dwell not only provides award-winning handyman, maintenance and repair services for homeowners (readers selected Get Dwell as Best Handyman of 2011 for our Best of 2011 issue), but its team is also heavily involved in charitable […]
