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Great Ideas for Giving: Limited Edition Charity Gift Cards!
Check out this thoughtful way a TisBest fan is using Charity Gift Cards! Katya Horner, a professional photographer and the creative engine behind Slight Clutter Photography, thought of a great way to spread the word about TisBest’s mission. For every hundred dollars spent on prints in her Etsy store, Slight Clutter Photography is including $10…
Give to Japan–or Don't
Last week, Felix Salmon wrote a widely-circulated opinion piece for Reuters called “Don’t Give to Japan.” The title of the article is far more provocative than the content, which argues the following: earmarking funds for a specific program or disaster means that other, less attractive but equally important programs get neglected. Additionally, earmarking funds can restrict a…
Tragedy in Japan: Where to Give
The devastation from the March 11th earthquake and tsunami is extensive, heartbreaking, with death tolls still in the unspecified tens of thousands. Over 350,000 people lost their homes in the disaster, and four days later, the world still watches with breath held as the Japanese fight to contain significant failures at a nuclear power plant….
Compassion = Passion
OK, so we don’t make chocolates and we don’t sell flowers. In fact, we don’t sell any of the usual stuff that’s associated with Valentine’s Day. What we do offer is the opportunity to help make the world just a little bit better. But isn’t that a marvelous gift? So consider adding the gift of…
TisBest Expands its Support of Local Charities!
After months of hard work, TisBest is pleased to announce a large expansion of our Local Charity program! We added four new cities to our Local Charities Tab: Portland-Vancouver, Phoenix, Chicago, and Los Angeles. And we added five new charities that are located in two cities we already cover: Seattle-Tacoma and Minneapolis-St. Paul. We hope…
Other Centered
Seattle is a town of restaurants and Canlis is a restaurant fabled among them – expensive, exquisite, an unmatched view, a wine list longer than any other and servers in kimonos. Certainly not the usual fare for those of us in the nonprofit trenches. And so we were thrilled when Canlis invited us to join them for…