By Preston Wittwer Stephenie Larsen and her small team were in the early stages working to open Encircle, an LGBTQ+ youth center in Provo, Utah, when they started talking mission statements, mottos, and slogans. As they discussed ideas they were aware of all the...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Ron Sellers If you could only support one charitable organization, which organization would it be? Would you favor a large organization, or a small one? One that is faith-based, or not? One that works globally, nationally, or...
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 Level Playing Field Institute that first published in September 2016. Special to the...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Julie Nettifee and Kristin Tart As a land-grant university, NC State is committed to providing students hands-on, highly-engaged learning opportunities AND to providing research that is of direct, practical use to the fields...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Cheryl Hughes and Lilly Weinberg Across the country, in big cities and small towns, community foundations are leading a new civic engagement movement – On the Table – that encourages local residents to drive change in...
By David Mueller Amanda Keller had been working with Birmingham AIDS Outreach (BAO) for several years when she began to see a disturbing change in the community she served: the highest rate of new infections in the state of Alabama was shifting drastically downward....
By Preston Wittwer Currently in the states of Montana, Idaho, and Alaska there is only one person per state that is paid to address LGBTQ-focused work. Kim Leighton, based in Helena, is responsible for covering all 147,040 square miles of expansive Montana. Steve...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Ayan Ajeen In 1963, President John F. Kennedy issued a national call to action for lawyers to provide pro bono legal services and resources to address the racial discrimination that plagued our country. What resulted was the...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Doha Medani and Lela Ali We are two Afro-Arab immigrant, Muslim women and we wear our identities as badges of honor. However, we weren’t always on this path to celebrate and embrace our truest selves, particularly because of...
News about grants, gifts The 2018 Winston-Salem Heart & Stroke Walk, held on Sunday, October 14, brought 5,000 dedicated supporters and local heart disease and stroke survivors together to raise more than $500,000 for heart disease and stroke research and...
