News about grants, gifts The Cummings Foundation granted fifty local nonprofit organizations a cumulative $15 million through its Sustaining Grants program, which provides ongoing funding for 10 years. Each organization’s total grant ranges from $200,000 to $500,000....
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Ámbar Margarida, CID, IIDA, LEED GA With an endless to-do list and limited financial support, many nonprofit leaders risk overlooking significant factors that could be preventing their organizations from functioning at full...
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 StepUp Ministry that first published in March 2017. Special to the Philanthropy Journal By...
News about grants, gifts Alumnus Jerry Murdock and his wife, Joan, of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, have committed $1,250,000 to High Point University for the Jerry W. and Joan S. Murdock Endowed Scholarship, which will support students who have financial need. Chiesi...
By Cara Lewis Jennifer Copeland is in her fourth year as Executive Director for the NC Council of Churches. Previously a United Methodist Chaplain at Duke University, she taught undergraduate and divinity school classes, served on committees and task forces, and...
News about grants, gifts The AmerisourceBergen Foundation awarded a grant to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to support a 10-city tour and shared solutions resource portal built to assist employers with prevention strategies of opioid misuse. With the...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Phil Buchanan When it comes to assessing nonprofit performance, stereotypes and caricatures often get in the way of good practice. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard it said that nonprofits aren’t that interested in...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Barbara Rady Kazdan and Lynn S. Price This is the first in a multi-part series from Barbara Rady Kazdan and Lynn S. Price on the issues nonprofits face in transitioning leadership. The Lifestyle section ran a feature article...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Ann B McClenahan, ThD “End of life issues in many ways is like the North Star of Pastoral care.” That was the insight Dr. Phillip Mamalakis of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology shared with the 150 people who...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Kristine Ashton Gunnell, Ph.D. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant women reached out to women and children in immigrant neighborhoods, offering opportunities to develop...
