The federal bankruptcy laws don’t protect churches and nonprofits from trustees seeking to claw back donated money.
St. Andrew’s Methodist Church in Cullman, Alabama, had to refinance its building to give back nearly half a million dollars in donations it received nearly 10 years ago.
Hundreds of thousands of donors and an unknown number of charities and businesses might have had private information exposed as the result of a security lapse involving fundraising and donor management platform DonorView.
Both Christian bands promote Children International on their tours.
MercyMe and Newsboys, two popular and well-known Christian music bands, have partnered with the child sponsorship group Children International as part of their band tours.
The list includes some of the nation’s largest charities rated based on their pro-life and pro-family views.
End-of-year givers concerned with giving to organizations who support pro-life causes may look to American Life League’s (ALL) Charity Watchlist.
Early numbers suggest 2023 giving will match last year.
Donors gave $3.1 billion to American nonprofit organizations on GivingTuesday, an annual event the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
The agreements remain controversial, and movements to end their use are growing.
The use of NDAs has become more controversial in recent years, especially in light of the #metoo and #churchtoo movements that brought to light sexual abuse and the use of NDAs to silence victims.
Disciple-making is one of the few movements that outpaces the birthrate, Biglife’s CEO said.
The statistics shocked Biglife CEO Heerema. Less than 2% of missions dollars are used to reach 97 % of the least-evangelized people in the world.
The Better Business Bureau's annual report found that older generations still trust religious groups, but overall they have fallen to third.
Religious organizations are no longer the most trusted charities, according to the BBB Wise Giving Alliance.
The grassroots philanthropic effort #GivingTuesday has raised an aggregated total of more than $11 billion within the United States for nonprofits since 2012.
Private foundations came up big during 2022, continuing increased grantmaking after record giving during 2020 and 2021.