Many of you are familiar with The Society’s philanthropy, VacationHomesforCharity.org (VH4C). When the philanthropy was in its infancy, the hope was to facilitate the generosity of vacation homeowners to charities and non-profits in need by providing vacation home stays as a vehicle for monetary donation generation.
At the time of planning for VH4C, the economy was humming along, many charities and non-profits were receiving record donations against demand for services which had leveled off or decreased. Unfortunately, those times are literally in the history books as the world economy changed during the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2008.
VH4C employs the services of Guidestar and we welcome the opportunity to publicize their message. In their own words “we gather and publicize information about nonprofit organizations. Our reach is far and wide. Our database is broad and deep. We encourage nonprofits to share information about their organizations openly and completely. Any nonprofit in our database can update its report with information about its mission, programs, leaders, goals, accomplishments, and needs—for free. We combine the information that nonprofits supply with data from several other sources.”
Guidestar offer webinars throughout the year for those interested in the non-profit and charity community. We encourage our donors, recipients and those who may be entering the world of philanthropy either personally or professionally to partake in their webinar offerings.
Guidestar’s next FREE webinar: GuideStar Subscription Services: Research, Analyze, and Excel in 2009 is scheduled for July 15th, 2009 at 1:00PM EDT
About the Webinar: You’ve seen the ads for GuideStar Premium and GuideStar Charity Check—now find out how they can work for you. This free one-hour Webinar will show you what these tools offer, present live demos of each one, and show you how your peers are using these valuable services to accomplish their goals.
Registration is available at: Guidestar Webinar