Bright Funds Team Virtual Paint Night
How do you maintain team connections and culture when everyone is remote? See how the Bright Funds team did it with a virtual paint night!
Maintaining Culture (and distance) with Bright Buddies
Here at Bright Funds, helping people is what we are all about. Core to our DNA, we love to lend a hand, and assist people in finding causes they are passionate about, and do what we can to support their good intentions. Like the rest of the world, the Bright Funds team is isolated in …
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How New Tax Laws Could Affect Charitable Giving
Americans enjoy supporting the causes they care about. According to Giving USA 2018: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2017, contributions from individuals comprised 70% of the $410 billion donated to charity in the U.S.* The evolving tax landscape could impact how individuals approach charitable giving going forward. Below is a summary of …
3 Ways to Maximize Your Philanthropic Impact Before Year-End
With the year-end giving season underway, many are thinking about ways to maximize their impact by December 31st. The holidays are also a time when people typically give more generously to the causes they care about. Wondering what you can do? Here are three proven strategies for making a positive impact this December: Donating: Research shows …
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Northern California Wildfires
Reaching across the water and into the city, the haze from the Northern California fires made its presence known. Damaging and burning at least 70,000+ acres overnight, various fires burned across eight counties: Napa, Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Yuba, Nevada, Calaveras and Butte. Thousands have had to evacuate their homes, abandon their businesses, and seek shelter …
Hurricane Irma
As those affected by Hurricane Harvey begin to rebuild, another storm is making its way across the Caribbean and the Southeaster United States. Hurricane Irma, a classified Category 5 at the time of this posting, has emerged and is poised to cause a lot of damage and loss in its path. American National Red Cross …
New Power & Charitable Giving
We all see a shift in the world. There’s increasing political protest, more distrust in government and companies, and startups disrupting traditional institutions and ways of business. But this shift has not occurred without some resistance. This is a good ole fashioned battle of old vs. new power.
Bright Funds Q1 Giving Report
The Bright Funds platform has constant activity, from users all over the world. With that usage comes a wealth of data, which is the core our Q1 Giving Report.
Cocktails For A Cause
A few of us attended the Shared Value Summit last week, and we wanted to connect with as many of the great attendees as possible. So we partnered with Oxfam, a valued Bright Funds partner, to host our second Cocktails For A Cause Event.
Mother’s Day Giving Guide
Every Mother’s Day, we fret over what unique gift to get the maternal figure in our lives. And if you’re like me, you end up getting something that is nice, but not necessary. So why not consider a heartwarming gift that empowers a mother to help other women?