Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Kim Grider, CFO of the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Like many businesses, nonprofit organizations face extreme pressure to grow—but instead of focusing on profit generation, these organizations are working towards...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Katrina Pipasts, Northern Trust CSPG For a nonprofit, "Cash is (often) King": A donor receives a charitable deduction for an outright cash gift and the nonprofit can immediately put it to work to fund a building, a program or a...
By Matthew Harvey Community Development Corporations (CDCs) are somewhat ubiquitous nonprofits. In 2006, The Democracy Collaborative’s Community-Wealth.org project estimated that the number of CDCs within the United States was in...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Kelly Brooks In 2011, I was searching for a way to plug into my community in Charlotte, NC and found it very difficult to navigate the many nonprofits and initiatives. I remember thinking, if I’m having these problems,...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Kate Moynihan Building local capacity is the key to turning the tide on a whole host of global public health challenges – from tackling communicable diseases to expanding vaccination rates to treating avoidable blindness. By...
As the Philanthropy Journal moves through a second cycle of our editorial calendar, we will periodically republish articles from our archive. Please enjoy this piece on the Rainier Valley Corps that first published in October 2016. By Krystin Gollihue When Vu Le,...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Clare Jordan and Michelle Schneider When Greensboro, North Carolina, Assistant City Manager, Chris Wilson, is asked about public-private partnerships, he lights up with the opportunity to talk about the “shining example” of the...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal by Danielle Scaturro What does it take to help nonprofits transform their passion for serving disadvantaged youth into greater results and outcomes for young people? That’s the question we’ve been asking — and answering —...
News about grants, gifts The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented more than $2.8 million dollars in donations at its annual Grants Banquet held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on August 2nd. National Association for the Self-Employed awarded...
News about grants, gifts Three organizations were awarded prizes of US $100,000 from GALVmed following their initial application to the Brucellosis Vaccine Prize. The Air Canada Foundation sixth annual golf tournament netted over $1,100,000 in support of organizations...
