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Vetting Veterans Charities: How to Make a Difference this Memorial Day
What is perhaps the most important take away from the recent breakup of the Reynolds family scam nonprofit ring? Vetting organizations before donating. The Tennessee-based ring of cancer nonprofits swindled donors of $187 million, spending as little as 3 percent on the cancer patients purportedly…
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Lawsuit: Network of Cancer Nonprofits Swindled Donors
On May 19, the Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of all U.S. states announced a lawsuit against four nonprofits. The lawsuit alleges that the organizations scammed donors of $187 million while ostensibly raising money for cancer patients. The groups include The Children’s Cancer…
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Nonprofits Tackle Violence and Sexism in Latin America
Latin America possesses the highest murder rate in the world. While many of the social issues that incubate violent crime persist, a number of nonprofits are working to change course by leveraging tactics from development policy to feminist-inspired grassroots education initiatives. The Igarapé Institute –…
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Tech Companies Team with Nonprofits against ISIS, Hate Groups
The social media prowess of ISIS is well documented. The radical Islamic group routinely deploys its vast online presence to recruit from across the globe. Scores of disaffected youth – influenced by the terror group’s omnipresence on virtually all online platforms – have trickled toward…
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Migrants in Greece Face Inhumane Detention, Organized Hate
[This is part 2 in a 2 part series on migrants in Europe] In our previous installment on Europe’s migrant crisis, we explored the April 9 disaster that claimed hundreds of lives. A boat carrying an estimated 900 people capsized, drowning hundreds. The catastrophe occurred…
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