As 2023 comes to an end, the United States has seen a record number of billion-dollar disasters for the second straight year. Compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the list includes the Maui fires that killed at least 115 people, displaced some 6,000 residents, and completely...
This year, Good360 marks a milestone decades in the making — our 40th anniversary. That’s 40 years of getting the right goods to the right people at the right time. Forty years of partnering with corporate donors to get needed products directly into the hands of people and communities in need....
GivingTuesday is the Super Bowl of the nonprofit world. In 2022, this global day of giving generated more than $3.1 billion in a 24-hour period in the United States alone. This represents a 15% increase from 2021 and a 25% jump in donations since 2020. With so much attention focused on this...
There’s a technological transformation happening right now that some say will be on par with the arrival of the computer age or the advent of the Internet: It’s the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT that ordinary people can use to automate a vast variety of tasks. AI is...
On the night of Dec. 10, 2021, Kay Houston didn’t go into work at the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory in southwestern Kentucky as usual. She needed to stay home and recover from a bout of Covid-19. Getting sick may have saved her life. That evening, an EF-4 tornado ripped through...
The theme for this year’s Earth Day—"Invest in Our Planet—is an especially relevant one for Good360. As the bridge between corporate donors and charitable organizations, we are uniquely positioned to facilitate investments that drive both sustainable practices and social good. We can serve as strategic partners to companies looking to meet...
The ESG and CSR movement has evolved significantly since it first began taking root in companies around the globe in the 1970s. A 2019 survey indicated that seventy-seven percent of Americans believe it’s either “somewhat” or “very important” for companies to make the world a better place. When structuring their giving...
Nonprofit organizations are finding it harder to recruit volunteers—at the same time that demands on their services are greater than ever. Nearly half of nonprofit leaders (46.8%) say that volunteer recruitment is a “big problem,” according to a recent survey of 1,200 nonprofit chief executives. This comes as NGOs are struggling...
As the frequency and severity of disasters continue to increase, Good360 likewise continues to build out our capacity to respond in the days, weeks, and years that follow as communities rebuild. As we invest in resilience, we are no strangers to receiving questions about disaster recovery best practices. Below are...
The seed for Jake’s Network of Hope was planted in a shantytown in Peru, when founders Ann Hinkfuss and Stephanie Bowers visited a childcare facility in 2011. There, they encountered caretakers doing all they could to take care of 15 infants with very limited resources. “Our founders realized that the villagers...