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Study: In Charitable Giving, Middle Class Digs Deeper Than the Wealthy

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The income disparity in America is accompanied by a giving disparity: According to a Chronicle of Philanthropy analysis of IRS data, the wealthy give a smaller share of their income to charity than do members of the middle class. Members of the lower and middle class gave $57.3 Philadelphia. percent between 2006 and 2012.

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Co-Creation: The Value is in the Process

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In another life, as a middle school English teacher, my classes would kick off the year by proposing, discussion, and voting on a class constitution, a list of expectations, norms, and promises we would agree to uphold for the rest of the year. Year to year, and class to class, the lists didn’t look that different.

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Five Things You Might Not Know About Halloween

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The 186-year-old Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia houses Terror Behind the Walls, a massive haunted-house production with a cast of more than 200 performers each evening, Hollywood-quality sets, and animatronics. A world-class haunted attraction.” Americans are expected to spend $3.1 billion on Halloween costumes this year.

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Friday Buzz: When Emotions Get the Best of Us

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In comments during a Philadelphia Parking Authority board meeting earlier this week, Pennsylvania Taxi Association General Manager Alex Friedman made that comparison—and drew negative attention from media outlets, including Vox , Business Insider , and VentureBeat. “It is exactly the same menace.”

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Develop Your Skills: 5 Resources for Nonprofit Professionals

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Academic Classes. Private Classes and Tutoring. Academic Classes. This rigor is achieved through traditional tests, papers, class discussions (whether synchronously online or in person, or through online discussion boards) and of course, grading. Some are a short list of core classes. Private Classes and Tutoring.

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5 Types of People Who Need Nonprofit Fundraising Training

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It was the late 1980s and I was signing up for the first class in the first master’s program in philanthropy and development in the country, at St. Mr. Hugg has served on the board of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Nonprofit Career Network of Philadelphia and several nonprofits.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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Stanford University Cancels On-Campus Classes as Faculty Member Tests Positive for Coronavirus (source: NBC Bay Area) March 7, 2020 – Stanford has canceled all in-person courses for the rest of the winter quarter (ends March 20). Nearly 300 Million Children Are Missing Class. When Can We Go to School?’