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4charity.com Sets Higher Standard By Giving 100% to Charities.


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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2000

Many organizations are quickly entering the online marketplace to use charitable giving as part of their business development strategy. Tracey Pettengill, co-founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of 4charity.com presents her views on how nonprofit and forprofit companies can have symbiotic relationships This is an incomplete list of notable mutualistic symbiotic relationships, in which different species have a cooperative or mutually dependent relationship.
  • Humans and cultivated plants
  • Humans and domesticated animals
  • Humans and intestinal bacteria
. Her company gives 100% of all donations raised to the designated charity, and has set aside 50% of the founder's equity for nonprofits. This presentation is part of the Commonwealth Club Nonprofit Study Section series on April 27, 2000.

"By inspiring people to give, and by giving every dollar raised to charity, we can help double the nearly $200 billion that Americans donate to charitable organizations This article is about charitable organizations. For other uses of the word charity, see Charity.
A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is an organization with charitable purposes only.
 every year," said 4 charity.com CEO Pettengill. Pettengill's efforts were lauded in January 2000 by Working Woman Magazine when she received a regional award for "Original Products and/or Services."

Since 1998, 4charity.com has grown to become the largest online charity mall A charity mall is an online mall that donates a percentage of any sale to one or more charities of the customer's choice; the percentage donated varies widely from 1% to 100%.  with more than 140 stores. The company's existing and future products and services are designed to encourage individuals, nonprofits and corporations to participate in philanthropy through direct donations, volunteerism and shopping on behalf of charities.

This presentation is sponsored in partnership by The Management Center and the Commonwealth Club of California The Commonwealth Club of California is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization based in Northern California. Founded in 1903, it is the oldest and largest public affairs forums in the United States. Membership is open to everyone. . This presentation is part of their ongoing Nonprofit Study Section series to develop community and nonprofit leadership. The event is open to any interested persons, however space is limited for this popular speaker. For reservations call the Commonwealth Club (415) 597-6705.

The Management Center (TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut)
TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX)
TMC Traffic Message Channel
TMC The Movie Channel
TMC Traffic Management Center
), one of Northern California's leading nonprofit management support organizations, has been helping good causes manage better since 1977. TMC provides organizational development and HR consulting, nonprofit executive search, management training, and the Bay Area's leading nonprofit jobs publication, Opportunity NOCs (Nonprofit Organization Nonprofit Organization

An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well.

Notes:
Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools.
 Classifieds). For additional information , please visit or call (415) 362-9735.
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