How to Start an Employee Volunteer Program at a 20-Person Company
You run a small business. Some of your staff already help out around town, coaching a team, serving at a church supper, pitching in at a festival, and you would like the company to back that up. The trouble is that most guides to an employee volunteer program are written for a bank with a […]
Corporate Matching Gifts: How to Set Up a Program
How corporate matching gifts work step by step, the rules most programs set, and the six decisions a small employer needs to make to run one of its own.
What Is a Good Percentage of Profit To Donate to Charity
CECP’s Giving in Numbers 2024 Edition puts median corporate giving at 0.92% of pre-tax profit across 219 large companies, below the 1% field standard. For tax year 2026, a C corporation deducts gifts only to the extent they exceed 1% of taxable income, and no more than 10% of it, carrying the rest forward five […]
Corporate Philanthropy: How a Local Business Gives Back
A practical guide to corporate philanthropy at small-business scale: the forms giving takes, how the IRS treats each one, and how to start a program you will finish.