United Way


Charity: When Big Is Better

By Sarah Clifford |  Feb 1, 1987

Small business is on a roll in America. In almost every way you can measure -- sales, employment, profitability -- the small-business sector is challengi...  Read story

When Bigger May Be Worse

By Debra A. Strong |  May 1, 1987

In "Charity: When Bigger Is Better" (Insider, February), you stated that small businesses and their employees don't give as much as big businesses, but yo...  Read story

The Good Deed Doers

By Steve Kirsch |  May 15, 2000

Infoseek founder Steve Kirsch on philanthropy in the digital age.  Read story

Resources

By Inc Staff |  Sep 1, 1997

A comprehensive guide to more information on subjects and articles found in the Sept. issue of Inc. magazine.  Read story

Volunteering: The New Employee Perk

By Susan Greco |  Sep 1, 1997

A look at some companies that are using volunteer-work programs to strengthen their corporate culture.  Read story

Smart Gifts

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1990

How to set up a charitable-giving program and take advantage of IRS incentives.  Read story

Giving Stock: A Tax Break For Business Owners

By Robert DelGenio |  Dec 1, 1983

If you have ever written a check to the United Way, you know that charitable contributions reduce your taxes and thus "cost" less than they appear to. If ...  Read story

Sweet Charity

By Barbara Weltman |  Oct 1, 2006

With the help of federal tax laws, Warren Buffet and Richard Branson aren't the only entrepreneurs who can afford to donate to a good cause.  Read story

Let's Put On a Show

By Elaine Appleton Grant |  Nov 1, 2007

In the wake of September 11, Image 4, a designer of trade show exhibits, saw revenue plunge by two-thirds. That led CEO Jeff Baker to rethink everything--and...  Read story

Why Partnerships Break Up

By Stephen G. Thomas |  Jul 1, 1981

If he'd observed these three principles, says the author, his own partnership might still be alive.  Read story

The New Dog-Eat-Dog Nonprofit

By Donna Fenn |  Jul 1, 1995

The profile of a non-profit educational camp for at-risk kids and how it learned to compete for corporate funding.  Read story

Volunteering Your Company

By Michael P. Cronin |  Sep 1, 1993

Company allows employees to do volunteer work on company time instead of making donations.  Read story

Probing a Charity's Financials

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1992

Discerning the financial viability of different nonprofits before making charitable donations.  Read story

Green Giving

By Robert A. Mamis |  May 1, 1993

Earth Share, a pool of non-profit environmental organizations, can be a payroll-deduction alternative.  Read story

The Inc. Network

By Inc Staff |  Nov 1, 1993

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

How to Get Started

By Paul Reynolds |  May 1, 1995

Column discussing government programs designed to help entrepreneurs and why no one knows about them.  Read story

Political Capital

By Mike Hofman |  Jan 1, 2000

An interview with CEO Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Elizabeth Dole's former chief fund-raiser.  Read story

Workers' Rights: Caveat Employer

By James Castagnera-Cain |  Sep 1, 1982

Even without a union, your employees have certain rights under federal law that you should know about.  Read story

The Rating Game

By Ellen Kolton |  Feb 1, 1985

Before evaluating your employees, you might want to ask them what they're doing.  Read story

Upstarts: Serving Nonprofits

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Oct 1, 2000

It's a new age for philanthropy: people have more to give, so charities have more to do. A new group of start-ups is ready to help nonprofits become more pro...  Read story

FYI: BYOB

By George Gendron |  Aug 1, 2002

The most recent corporate scandals are likely to accelerate a trend that's been building for years: bring your own business.  Read story

Kid Stuff

By Donna Fenn |  Sep 1, 1987

How to create affordable alternatives to on-site day care  Read story

Fame

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Aug 1, 1988

Profiles of celebrity CEOs and the repercussions of recognition and publicity.  Read story

The Start-Up Diaries: Moonlight over Indiana

By Nancy J. Lyons |  Jan 1, 2000

Luis Espinoza has been moonlighting for the past few years to build Inca Quality Foods, a Hispanic food-distribution business. But he would never dream of qu...  Read story

Dilbert Fired! Starts New Biz

By George Gendron |  Jul 1, 1996

The creator of the comic strip Dilbert exchanges some e-mail with Inc.'s editor-in-chief.  Read story

Pass It On

By Donna Fenn |  Aug 1, 1994

The story of one company founder who tried to leave her company in her children's hands.  Read story

Create Jobs, Eliminate Waste, Preserve Value

By Leigh Buchanan |  Dec 1, 2006

Those six words explain a lot: Why Ken Hendricks is worth $2.6 billion, how he came to be a walking textbook on identifying and exploiting business opportuni...  Read story

Entrepreneur of the Year

By Anne Murphy |  Dec 1, 1995

A close-up look at the 1995 Entrepreneur of the Year, and how he built the company that won him the title.  Read story

Tom Golisano Goes Public

By Edward O. Welles |  Nov 1, 1992

An entrepreneur shifts his focus from his business to the community.  Read story

A Nation Of Shopkeepers

By Susan Buchsbaum |  Nov 1, 1985

A new breed of business owners is taking the retail world by storm -- in ways that would have astonished their five-and-dime-store predecessors.  Read story

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