Here are five organizations useful for and/or relevant to my beat, the charity side of health and fitness.
- Great Nonprofits
- Found at: “Top Race Nonprofits and Charities”
- Why: This is pretty self-explanatory: the article tells who’s doing it right and has links to each so that readers can explore more.
- The Color Run
- Found at: The Color Run – Charity
- Why: The Color Run is not a charitable race event itself, but in most of the cities in which it holds runs, it works with local organizations to increase cause awareness for those organizations.
- Outside Online
- Found at: “Yes, Charity Races Are Losing Money. No, They’re Not Going Extinct.”
- Why: Although this article is a little outdated (written in January 2015 and referencing stats from 2013 because 2014’s numbers weren’t in yet), this article makes the good argument that races are going away from three-day-long epic events by big companies (like the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life or Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s Race for the Cure) and toward shorter, themed races like mud runs, obstacle courses, and glow runs, many of which raise money for charities.
- Runner’s World
- Found at: “Run for All”
- Why: This is an authoritative source on running commenting on the reason many people run: to raise money for charity.
- Race Entry
- Found at: “How to Organize a 5K”
- Why: While this article encompasses all dimensions of planning a race, it has a specific section dedicated to planning fun runs or charity races.