Charitable Giving
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Charity Navigator
Use this site to research a charity before you give money! This site has financial records for over 5,000 U.S. charities. Charities are ranked on a 1-4 star scale. Four star sites are the most efficient when it comes to spending their money.
Giving NH
This site features some simple tips and resources to help teach children about the importance of charitable giving.
Family Cares
The FamilyCares program, is an initiative of the Points of Light Foundation that helps promote compassion through hands-on family projects that help others in need. The website features project ideas, interviews, and other resources.
Becoming a Charitable Family
This article for parents from Club Mom looks at ways to help parents teach their children to make charitable donations of time and money.
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Teaching Children How to Give to Charity
This online radio segment from the National Public Radio show Day to Day features a discussion between personal finance contributor Michelle Singletary and Madeleine Brand about teaching children about the importance of charitable giving.
Sesame Street Workshop
This site features an article about volunteering for parents of young children and finding a charity that helps kids.
Learning to Give
This site features hundreds of teacher-created, standards-based lesson plans and resources with connections to service-learning, character education and civic engagement.
Giving Nation
This site from the U.K. features lesson plans, materials, and ideas on charitable giving and volunteering that can be adapted for an U.S. classroom.
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