Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Randy Paynter Each year, my company, Care2, conducts a comprehensive survey that explores digital trends in the nonprofit space. This year marked our 5th annual edition of the project, which is called “The Digital Outlook...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Lilly Weinberg In 2014, The Chicago Community Trust launched On the Table, a civic engagement initiative designed to bring residents together over small mealtime conversations held throughout a community on a single day, as a...
News about gifts, grants PHMG Foundation raised almost $700,000 for charity in just six years by taking part in over 100 activities including skydiving, abseiling and climbing mountains. Charitable organizations are selected by staff on an annual basis and...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Andrew Herrera, Executive Director, Curamericas Global April 7 is World Health Day, a global health awareness day celebrated each year under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization and organizations focused on public...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Joshua A. Geltzer and Mary B. McCord The expert litigators at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) use the power of the courts to fight for Americans’ rights, the rule of law, and the...
By Sandy Cyr The belief behind starting a nonprofit is that eventually it will no longer need to exist. Organizations focus on both the short-term impacts and long-term outcomes of their work so that, in an ideal world, the issues they seek to address are solved. In...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Sarah Preston There is no doubt that working in politics is a science. But running for office as a woman is truly an art form. Lillian’s List grapples with both the science and art in running for office in an effort to ensure...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Mark Buell At the inaugural Indigenous Connectivity Summit, Matt Rantanen found himself spending the entire lunch hour not eating but explaining how to deploy a wireless network to serve a community. The 2017 gathering in Santa...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Wendy Lethin Back in early 2003, Karen Guenther asked several military spouses to gather around her kitchen table trying to figure out how to help Marines who had been injured during the invasion of Iraq. Now, in early...
News about gifts, grants The Friends of the Eno River Farmers Market received a grant through Carolina Farm Credit’s Corporate Mission Fund to assist with the program’s efforts to build a fenced-in nursery and expand the market’s “Double Market Bucks” program – which...
