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Bottled Water You Can Feel Good About
When Ben Lewis met the national beverage buyer for Whole Foods, the buyer was shocked to discover that the founder and CEO of Give Water was a sophomore a... Read more
Economy Takes Toll on Giving
Small businesses are scaling back on charitable donations this year, a survey finds. Read more
Everybody Wants to Save the World
But when you start a charity overseas, good intentions often go awry Read more
Saving the World, One Purchase at a Time
How would you like to buy a jacket and help save the planet? From Patagonia to Starbucks to a would-be Google-killer, forward-thinking companies are making p... Read more
Entrepreneurs Twice as Charitable as Heirs
Self-made millionaires donate an average of $120,000 more per year than those that inherited their wealth. Read more
Sweet Charity
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 more
A Charitable Tax Break
The problem with most tax planning is that you have to give up something to get something. To get an income tax deduction you must spend a dollar to sav... Read more
Why Charities Don't Want Your Money
Why the Salvation Army doesn't want your nickel. Read more
Shaking the Foundations
For years philanthropy has been the preserve of the super-rich. Now entrepreneurs are bringing it to the mass market. Read more
Tax Breaks for Do-Gooders
If you want to make a substantial gift to a charity, it may make sense to explore using a special kind of trust, called a charitable trust. It lets you do... Read more
'Tis Better to Give
Resources for information on the tax rules governing charitable donations. Read more
The Good Deed Doers
Infoseek founder Steve Kirsch on philanthropy in the digital age. Read more
Upstarts: Serving Nonprofits
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 more
Cause-Related Marketing: Doing Something Good for Your Company and the Community
Sometimes explaining that I work in the public relations field elicits disdain, maybe a snort of derision, perhaps a subtle shaking of the head. Then ther... Read more
What Should You Do about Charitable Giving?
Charitable giving is encouraged by the IRS, but there are limitations to what you can deduct from your taxes for this act of generosity. Read more
Pooled Charitable Trusts: Tax Breaks for Small Fry
Americans support more than a million nonprofit organizations--sometimes, you may feel that most of them have your phone number. Besides the many differen... Read more
Charitable Giving
Sources of financial information on national nonprofit groups. Read more
Smart Gifts
How to set up a charitable-giving program and take advantage of IRS incentives. Read more
Giving Stock: A Tax Break For Business Owners
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 more
Charitable Giving
Many small business owners engage in charitable giving, either as private individuals or in their corporate capacity. This charitable giving can take many... Read more
How To Give Your Money Away
Here are some tips for finding a satisfying way to give back. Read more
Making Good
Ways in which small companies are creatively leveraging their resources to attack various social problems. Read more
Probing a Charity's Financials
Discerning the financial viability of different nonprofits before making charitable donations. Read more
You still have a month to get your personal finances in shape to take advantage of changes in the tax law
Year-end personal tax strategy Filing a personal tax return is seldom a do-it-yourself project for the owner of a closely held business. But even t... Read more
Top 10 Celebrity Entrepreneurs
Plenty of well-known people dabble in business. A smaller number are talented businesspeople, the real deal, and these are the best of them. Plus: Moby, Remi... Read more
Let the Good Works Roll
How an entrepreneur can master the extreme sport of philanthropy while running a growing company. Read more
Tea And Sympathy
Ron Schultz owns two tea companies. Both make money. One gives it all away to charity. Read more
Hot Tip: Community Involvement
Looking for a high-impact alternative to plain old charitable donations? At Bagel Works Inc., a $4-million retail bagel chain based in Keene, N.H., each o... Read more
The Ultimate Investment Club for Entrepreneurs
At CMS, a highly successful but little-known financial services firm, entrepreneurs help each other find the best places to invest. Read more
Bullish On Charity
Most companies just pass the hat among employees when charities come knocking. That's not lively enough for Garrett Turbine Engine Co., of Phoenix, a divi... Read more
Payback Time
When the end of the month arrives, sometimes the only type of service a customer receives is an invoice. But Fred Barnes, founder of Working Assets Long D... Read more
Giving Back
Creative ways to aid pet causes. Read more
Strategies for Your Business's Excess Inventory
If you have items that have been sitting on your shelves for some time, it's costing you money. You're paying storage and other costs and you're missing t... Read more
Mel Zuckerman on Philanthropy
When is a good time to start giving back? Right now, says the CEO of Canyon Ranch. Read more
Did You Know?
Elvis Presley never took a tax deduction for his donations to charities, believing it violated the spirit of giving. Read more
Valley Legend's Biggest Road Show Ever
Venture capital icon Gib Myers is rallying support for an audacious new project: getting start-ups to give time and equity to non-profits -- before those sta... Read more
Ten Ways to Discover a Goldmine of Prospects
Here are 10 ways to generate sales leads. How many of them have you used tofill your pipeline? 1. Referrals This always has... Read more
Corporate Philanthropy
Chart on why small-business owners make charitable donations. Read more
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