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...
11.5.18 NC News
News about grants, gifts North Carolina Theatre donated more than $27,000 to World Central Kitchen, to support disaster relief work for victims of Hurricane Florence. NC Theatre’s cast of In the Heights spearheaded efforts to collect spare change...
11.5.18 US News
News about grants, gifts The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded an additional $22 million in grants through its Safety and Justice Challenge. The new funding will support 12 new cities and counties working to reduce incarceration and 13 sites. ...
55 Years Later, The Lawyers’ Committee Continues the Fight for Justice
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...
No Sides, Only Love
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...
This is the America we Vow to Change
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...
What Traits do America’s Favorite Charities Share?
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...
Leveling the Playing Field in STEM for Underrepresented Youth
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...
An “Equi-center” of Alliances
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...
10.29.18 NC News
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...