The latest news On Giving
GM charity gives $1M to African-American museum
The General Motors Foundation has announced a $1 million grant to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
LinkedIn adds volunteer matching feature
New search database allows members to find pro bono opportunities for favorite causes.
World's most interesting man aids dog cancer fight
The most interesting man in the world is helping a Vermont-based company raise money to fight cancer in dogs.
Beanie Babies billionaire to be sentenced
The billionaire creator of Beanie Babies steps before a federal judge Tuesday to learn if he’ll have to spend up to five years behind bars for evading taxes on $25 million in income.
Animal Doctor: Be vigilant about heartworm protection
Weight gain and heartworm medication; when to deworm cats; dealing with a cat’s internal clock.
Komen sees contributions fall after dispute
The cancer charity attributed the drop to 2012 decision, quickly reversed, to end grants to Planned Parenthood.
Go out and have a good time for charity
Bars offer happy hours, wine tasting and trivia nights to raise money for local charitable organizations.
Religion News Service: List of recommended 2013 books
Religion News Service’s list of the year’s most interesting religion books.
The year's 10 most intriguing religion books
Jesus, Paul, food, charity, and prayer were just some of the areas examined in this year’s crop of books under the broad heading of religion. Some of these titles rank at the top of the year’s best books, period. Others barely registered in the mainstream press, but are lavishly praised in their own fields. Here’s Religion News Service’s list of the year’s most interesting religion books, numbered but not ranked.
U.S. says Islamic charity officials gave millions to al-Qaeda
While working as fundraisers and activists, gulf officials funneled money to terrorists, officials say.
The year in charitable giving
A roundup of what Washington area businesses did for the greater good in 2013.
Local professionals donate expertise to charities
COLUMN | Beyond stuffing envelopes: Volunteers help area nonprofits improve their fundraising, marketing.
In season of giving, atheist groups' charity rebuffed
‘Tis the season for giving — but not always for receiving.
Facebook to sell 70 million additional shares
Part of the Class A stock offering comes from CEO Mark Zuckerberg and investor Marc Andreessen.
A small-business guide to giving back
You don’t need a corporate charity arm to do a lot of good this holiday season. Here are a few tips.
New at the top: His charity career began at home
The new chief of the Siemens Foundation had parents who were also involved in philanthropy.
A new look at Giving Tuesday: More give to religion than realize it
This is Giving Tuesday, when nonprofits of every stripe hope to attract some of the billions of dollars to be spent during the Hanukkah and Christmas season.
Move over Black Friday; it’s time for Giving Tuesday
The day is measuring up to be the Black Friday and Cyber Monday of philanthropy.
Free food, cheap drinks and chef-spotting at Graffiato
Once a month, Mike Isabella brings celebrity chefs into his kitchen and invites the public over for dinner.
LinkedIn adds volunteer matching feature
New search database allows members to find pro bono opportunities for favorite causes.
Move over Black Friday; it’s time for Giving Tuesday
The day is measuring up to be the Black Friday and Cyber Monday of philanthropy.
The seven worst ways to give to charity during the holidays
Are you making these well-intentioned mistakes?
Going ‘where other philanthropists can’t’
Son of billionaire Warren Buffett aims to shake up philanthropy. But is his charge to local businesses too lofty?
Commentary: Why I traded a gala gown for cold concrete
A real estate executive rethinks philanthropy by going homeless and wants business leaders to join her.
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
The gift is the largest corporate contribution the museum has received for a program that supports innovation and science for youth.
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.
Know of a bona fide charity that isn't included in this list? Please tell us.
This map may take a minute to load. Please be patient.
Disclaimer: All information on this map, particularly descriptions, comes from the organizations listed. The Post is not responsible for any inaccuracies in these descriptions.
Interactive by Nathaniel V. Kelso and Katharine Jarmul -- The Washington Post. Created December 17, 2008.
