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The smartest ways to donate to charity

The smartest ways to donate to charity

Stacy Palmer, editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, offers some tips on how to make sure your charitable contributions have maximum impact.

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Red Sox players shave beards for marathon bombing victims

Red Sox players shave beards for marathon bombing victims

World Series MVP David Ortiz and Boston Red Sox teammate Shane Victorino had their beards shaved for charity Monday to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in April.

Abigail Johnson, the rarely seen face of Fidelity

Abigail Johnson, the rarely seen face of Fidelity

The quiet billionaire has taken the reins of a former fund juggernaut but given few signs of where she’ll take it.

Film Festival puts philanthropy on the big screen

Film Festival puts philanthropy on the big screen

The mission is to use storytelling as a means to feed the homeless and rebuild communities devastated by natural disasters and back other socially minded causes.

COMMENTARY: From numbness to action: Ending world hunger

Businesses donate cash to charities strangled by shutdown

Businesses donate cash to charities strangled by shutdown

Capital One, for example,gave a $250,000 donation to return to work the furloughed staff of the Latin American Youth Center.

Consultants help churches with the business of growth

Shutdown brings workplace giving effort to a halt

Shutdown brings workplace giving effort to a halt

Workers who oversee the Combined Federal Campaign have been furloughed and events canceled.

‘Funniest Celebrity in Washington’: Little aid to charity

‘Funniest Celebrity in Washington’: Little aid to charity

Four years after we found high expenses at the nonprofi, it is still delivering little or no funds to charity.

Film Festival puts philanthropy on the big screen

Film Festival puts philanthropy on the big screen

The mission is to use storytelling as a means to feed the homeless and rebuild communities devastated by natural disasters and back other socially minded causes.

Businesses donate cash to charities strangled by shutdown

Businesses donate cash to charities strangled by shutdown

Capital One, for example,gave a $250,000 donation to return to work the furloughed staff of the Latin American Youth Center.

Volunteer charity files for bankruptcy

HandsOn Greater DC Cares organized large-scale projects such as the 9/11 Day of Service

How crunching big data can save a child

How crunching big data can save a child

It cost LAYC more than $1 million over seven years to hire the right brains to corral and crunch the mounds of data necessary to design a program that can help a troubled young person live a successful and self-sufficient life.

Help for social startups

Help for social startups

Social entrepreneurs — people pursuing solutions to social problems —are turning to groups such as DC Social Innovation Project for funding and pro bono support. It’s a structure that borrows a page from the incubators and accelerators that have traditionally focused on the tech scene.

Wal-Mart unsure if wage proposal in D.C. will affect its giving

Wal-Mart unsure if wage proposal in D.C. will affect its giving

Nina Albert, who heads the community relations arm of Wal-Mart for this region, said she was unsure of the impacts of the proposed ‘super-minimum’ wage in the District.

Nonprofit Roundtable’s new leader ‘more soup than salad’

Nonprofit Roundtable’s new leader ‘more soup than salad’

Diana Leon-Taylor favors blended teams over fragmented coexistence as she works to bring people together.

Nonprofits go all out for ‘Do More 24’ campaign

Nonprofits go all out for ‘Do More 24’ campaign

The 24-hour campaign, organized by the United Way of the National Capital Area, is urging donors to go online to contribute at least $10 to their favorite charity.

Nonprofits honored for best practices

Nonprofits honored for best practices

As the Center for Nonprofit Advancement hosts its Excellence in Nonprofit Management award, in partnership with The Washington Post, here is a look at some of best practices put in place by the charities selected as finalists.

GWU students help small groups raise money

GWU students help small groups raise money

Crowdvance recently won first place in a business plan competition for college students from around the world.

Charity week ahead

The Foundation Fighting Blindness is A nonprofit dedicated to sight-saving retinal research.

Fire department accepts car donation, and then destroys it

Volkswagen recently donated three new Passats to the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company for rescue training, and how did the firefighters show their gratitude?

High school girls ‘say yes to the prom dress’

Discovery brought 40 girls to its headquarters to select from 800 dresses donated by staffers and Women in Cable Telecommunications members.

An ‘American Idol’ experience to compete for scholarships

An ‘American Idol’ experience to compete for scholarships

Ten high school students from around the District plan to compete in a talent contest at the Kennedy Center to win a $10,000 college scholarship.

African American millennials seek to define ‘young, black philanthropy’

Ebonie Johnson Cooper is looking to redefine the modern philanthropist.

NJVC supports military community beyond its corporate mission

In 2012, NJVC and its employees raised $50,000 for its national philanthropic partner, USO.

Masked ball raises $370K for scholarships

Masked ball raises $370K for scholarships

The United Negro College Fund recently held its first local gala in almost 10 years.

Amway campaign helps children

Since 2003, the company has given $190 million in donations and in-kind services to children’s causes and 2.7 million volunteer hours.

Melwood CEO takes over as possible sequestration-related cuts loom

Carol Ann DeSantis’s career has taken her through media, health care, government, business and philanthropy.

Ford gives $500K for innovation program

Ford gives $500K for innovation program

The gift is the largest corporate contribution the museum has received for a program that supports innovation and science for youth.

JBS blends business with philanthropy

JBS gave $74,000 to charitbale organizations in 2012.

The Giving Map

During times of economic hardship, charitable giving is critical to many in our region. The Giving Map is designed to make it fast and easy to connect you with a nonprofit organization that helps others and fits your areas of interest, whether that's hunger and homelessness or arts and education. The D.C. region is home to many with considerable resources, and others with few. We hope those who can afford to help others will find this tool useful.


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Interactive by Nathaniel V. Kelso and Katharine Jarmul -- The Washington Post. Created December 17, 2008.