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Nonprofits are struggling to do more with less money, but donors and volunteers can help: 5 questions answered

  • Written by Erica Mills Barnhart, Associate Teaching Professor & Director of the Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, University of Washington
imageA volunteer hands out food boxes in Los Angeles before Thanksgiving.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images

Historically, nonprofits have gotten nearly a third of their charitable donations just during the month of December. In recent years, this flurry of giving has begun on #GivingTuesday, an online campaign that takes place on the first Tuesday after...

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