Want to increase your fundraising bottom line? Think you should create a presence on social networks? Well, the Case Foundation is about to launch a series of free tutorials to help non-profits get up to speed.

I have a penchant for giving of myself. That’s a good thing, except when giving to others has a negative impact on mine or my family’s life.

The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon is around the corner, when telethon organizers will air really sad stories to get us to call in our pledges. But the question that Telethon protestors have been asking for years is, “Do you need to pity the disabled to raise money for them?"

It’s back to school time and kids need lots of school supplies to help them learn, but some kids just can’t afford them. Why not join Staples and Do Something on the national “Do Something 101” school supply campaign?

This impactful video, which won an AARP @50 contest, has now been watched by millions on You Tube. It uses a clever trick to inspire change in the world.

Lance Armstrong is not just an amazing athlete and a cancer survivor, although those things alone are enough to give him hero status. What sets him apart is how he takes advantage of his celebrity to raise awareness and money for cancer survivors everywhere.

We may not technically be in a financial “depression,” but it sure seems like people are pretty depressed these days. But IFred, The International Foundation for Research and Education of Depression, is hoping to combat depression by planting sunflower-filled “fields of hope.”

Check out books and products that are about charity, or offer a percentage of profits to benefit charitable projects and organizations.

The late king of pop music may have been a troubled soul, but there’s no doubt he had a charitable one.

When you donate your birthday at DonorsChoose.org, you ask family and friends to purchase supplies for needy classrooms across the country. Warning – giving away your birthday doesn’t keep you from aging by another year.