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Palo Alto Has Most Top-Rated Green Nonprofits in California

GreatNonprofits today announced that Palo Alto, California has the most Top-Rated Environmental Nonprofits in the state, with 4 Top-Rated nonprofits. These nonprofits...

Tucson Has Most Top-Rated Green Nonprofits in Arizona

GreatNonprofits today announced that Tucson, Arizona has the most Top-Rated Environmental Nonprofits in the state, with 4 top rated nonprofits. These nonprofits...

Get on the 2013 Top-Rated List!

Your online reputation means a lot. Studies show that online reviews play into whether or not a donor decides to give. And who among us hasn’t checked out a...

10 Fun Ways to Celebrate Earth Month With Your Kids

It’s Earth Month, and we have some great ways to get kids involved! Earth Month is the perfect time to get kids into appreciating the natural world and taking...

Can You Recommend a Nonprofit Helping Veterans?

We were shocked and saddened to hear about the recent scandal involving Allied Veterans of the World and Florida’s lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll. It is...

Help Out Your Neighbors; It’s Good For You

When was the last time you checked in on a neighbor? Been awhile? According to a new survey published in Atlantic Monthly, you aren’t alone. The survey showed...

Giving Time Gives You Time Also

Feel like you don’t have the time to volunteer? A study published in Psychological Science revealed that...

Take the Local Nonprofit Challenge!

Can you think of a local nonprofit in your city? Can you guess how many nonprofits are near you? We decided to do an experiment: we walked around our San Francisco Bay...

Listening to Beneficiaries

GreatNonprofits was recently highlighted in a Stanford Social Innovation Review article about why beneficiary voice is so important to the nonprofit sector. Written by...

Getting Community Feedback

GreatNonprofits’ CEO Perla Ni, recently authored a post for Markets for Good about community feedback. Ni gave an overview of beneficiary feedback from the...

Top 10 Habits of Happy People

Are you making a New Year’s Resolution to be happier and healthier this year? We’ve got some tips for you to make 2013 your most successful year yet. Be...

Top-Rated National Charities — Check Out These National Charities for your Giving or Volunteering

This giving season, if you are considering giving to a national charity, check out these nonprofits recommended by volunteers, donors, and clients. Read the reviews and...

Top 5 Fun Ways to Volunteer with Your Children or Pets this Holiday Season

As the final week of 2012 is upon us, we thought it would be a fun time to promote the best ways to share the experience of volunteering with your children or animals!...

Five Ways To Use Your Top-Rated Status

GreatNonprofits is thrilled to be hearing the many success stories from our 2012 Top-Rated Nonprofits. Are you a Top-Rated Nonprofit wondering how to promote your new...

12 Fun Ways to Celebrate 12/12/12

Today is 12/12/12, the century’s last sequential date. We’ve come up with some fun ways for you to celebrate this historic day! 1. Write a review of a...

Bill Gates Supports GreatNonprofits in Series on Innovation

We’re thrilled to share that GreatNonprofits has been recognized for our work in collecting community feedback by Bill Gates, visionary Microsoft founder and leading...

Corporate Matching Gift Programs – More than $4 – 7 Billion Left on the Table Annually

During the Covid-19 pandemic, many people face joblessness, food insecurity, and loss of healthcare coverage. In addition, organizations fighting for social justice...

GreatNonprofits Announces 2012 Top-Rated List

Our Top-Rated Nonprofit List Aims to Honor High-Impact Local Charities GreatNonprofits is proud to annouce the 1,386 winners of the 2012 Top-Rated Awards.The...

Crowdsourcing the Search for Great Nonprofits

Noah Rimland Flower and David Ehrlichman of the Monitor Institute recently interviewed GreatNonprofits CEO Perla Ni on crowdsourcing knowledge about nonprofits:...

Huffington Post Highlights Top-Rated Charities Helping Kids

Earlier this month The Huffington Post highlighted some of the nonprofits that have already qualified for our 2012 Top-Rated List. The HuffPo slideshow focused on...