Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Diana Hackenburg Food Security in the US We often hear about national security and social security, but how frequently do we think about food security? Food security means having enough food for an active, healthy...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Margot Copeland While the unemployment rate hit a recent low of five percent, many communities are still feeling the impact of past tough economic times on the workforce. In fact, a 2014 report by the Federal Interagency Forum on...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Beth Briggs Discovery The mission of Dress for Success Triangle is to help unemployed and underemployed women find meaningful employment and economic security. North Carolina has the third largest military population in the...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Marty Wood Founded sixty-one years ago in 1954 by seven families with children born with intellectual disabilities, Opportunity Village (OV) is a local Las Vegas treasure that has grown to become Las Vegas’ Favorite Charity....
By Krystin Gollihue Income inequality can, in part, be traced back to the differences between traditionally male and female industries, as people who work in blue-collar jobs are compensated at a much higher rate than those in pink-collar jobs. The national average...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Ruth Christopherson, Mindy Bernstein, Christen Gonzalez, Orlando Montes, Diana Figueroa The Cost of Mental Illness in America Approximately one in four Americans (61.5 million) experience mental illness in a given year, with one...
By Sandra Cyr Many of the challenges nonprofit organizations set out to address cannot be solved in a single grant cycle. Some require an ongoing focus because they are impervious to incremental action. For nearly 50 years, MDC has been trying to solve the great...
By Charlena Wynn As communities across the country experience population growth, miscommunication and conflict can arise due to cultural misunderstanding. The influx of new cultures can be extremely positive in reshaping the identity of a community once space for...
By Krystin Gollihue “In the world of social venture, there’s a bit of an obsession on how for-profit for-good impact investing will change the world. But there are still some core issues that can only be addressed through philanthropy,” says Natalie Bridgeman Fields,...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Joseph Laizure and Tolu Adewale "To remove legal barriers to economic opportunity." That phrase is part of the mission statement of Legal Aid of North Carolina, a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal help to low-income...
