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Franklin Templeton
Although the U.K. is one of the richest countries in the world, many people are struggling to afford food while there are estimates that up to 95% of a supermarket’s surplus food goes to waste. Inspired by this, a group of Legg Mason employees in…
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Common Impact
During Pro Bono Week 2019, Common Impact generated over $1,150,000 in pro bono services through its day of skilled service programs. Learn more about the flash consulting events, plus a webinar for nonprofits and insights into the future of pro bono.
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PayPal
Each year, the PayPal employee GIVE Team in Chennai, India hosts a ‘Girls in Tech’ program that teaches useful tech skills and provides mentorship to young girls from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Xylem Inc.
Through Xylem Watermark’s partnership with Planet Water and the Flex Foundation, 10 primary schools in Aguascalientes, Mexico recently received clean water access through community-based water filtration systems and hygiene education programs.
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Common Impact
Companies are thinking more expansively about how to work with their neighboring businesses to target regional issues. Common Impact is facilitating these partnerships through Skills for Cities, its model for localized days of skilled service.
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Gen Digital Inc.
Our engineers, salespeople, accountants, product managers, and others use their unique skill set to help nonprofits solve critical challenges, giving and receiving in the process.
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Keep America Beautiful
National nonprofit Keep America Beautiful® and Earth Day Network today announced a partnership to promote the iconic organizations’ respective missions to keep America clean, green, and beautiful as the 50th anniversary of Earth Day approaches.
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Common Impact
This Pro Bono Week bonus episode returns to Danielle Holly's conversation with Gary Levante, Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility & Culture at Berkshire Bank and one of the collaborators behind Skills for Cities.
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Freeport-McMoRan
Freeport-McMoRan employees volunteered over 3,000 hours during this year’s Global Volunteer Month, doing everything from planting trees to holding food and diaper drives.
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Taproot Foundation
This Pro Bono Week, Taproot Foundation is spotlighting nonprofits, business professionals, and companies who are playing key roles in bringing the impact of pro bono to life in communities around the globe.
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Common Impact
Skilled volunteering offers a transformative opportunity for organizations with capacity needs with over 70% of nonprofits reporting that pro bono service would enable them to increase their impact. Capacity Commons is helping them make it happen.
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Common Impact
Issue area-focused service is the future of pro bono and companies are more willing than ever to take on complex and even controversial social issues like natural and man-made disasters.
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Common Impact
Happy Pro Bono Week! Today, Common Impact is kicking off a week-long celebration of all things skills-based volunteering.
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Subaru of America
Subaru of America announced that through a series of nationwide clean-up events in iconic locations throughout September, more than 25,000 pounds of materials, including scrap metals, plastics, invasive species and micro trash, has been collected.
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Taproot Foundation
Every year, Pro Bono Week serves as an amazing opportunity for those of us in this field to come together with a strong, collective voice and shine a light on the impact and importance of pro bono service.
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Common Impact
Common Impact is collaborating with Fidelity Investments® to expand Impact Week, its 4th annual wide-scale flash consulting event where Fidelity Investments volunteers utilize their business expertise to support local nonprofit organizations in…
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CyberGrants
You may be doing all the right things to support CRA, but are you getting all the credit you deserve? Identifying and tracking CRA service credits are often largely untapped opportunities for banks.
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Koch Industries
For the nearly 20 million Americans convicted of a felony, moving forward in life – securing housing, going to school, getting a job – can seem impossible.
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Common Impact
In celebration of bbcon 2019 this week, the Pro Bono Perspectives podcast is revisiting host Danielle Holly's conversation with Blackbaud Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy Rachel Hutchisson.
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CyberGrants
One of the greatest benefits of having a corporate volunteer program is that it engages the workforce by providing a meaningful and valuable experience that gives back to the world.
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Taproot Foundation
The pro bono movement is an ecosystem, a true community supporting a community.
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Boston Children’s Hospital, which continues to be recognized as the leading pediatric hospital in the U.S., recently celebrated its 150th anniversary. Employee volunteers from Alexion took part in the celebration...
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PSEG
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VolunteerMatch
Show thanks to volunteers by showing how they impact others with these 4 effective strategies to increase volunteer retention by showing appreciation.
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America's Charities
Thanks to a KaBOOM! project and 150 volunteers organized by Marriott International and America’s Charities’ member PHILLIPS Programs for Children and Families’ networks, a kid-designed, community planned playground was built in a single day.
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