News about grants, gifts Martin County Community Foundation awarded grant funding to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for the Formula for Impact program in Martin County and The 2018 Meredith Griffin Revels Scholarship to Madison Russell on June 7th. The...
6.18.18 US Nonprofit News
News about grants, gifts The CUNY J-School received a $20 million dollar gift from Craig Newmark on June 11th. The complete list of 100 local nonprofits awarded grants of $100,000 each through The Cummings Foundation’s $100k for 100 is now available. The Boston...
Business Technology Empowers Nonprofits to Make an Even Greater Impact
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Maggie Combs Nonprofits today are solving some of the world’s most complex and challenging problems. However, these mission-driven organizations are facing internal challenges of their own, with less access to the financial...
How to Manage the Volunteer Life Cycle
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Angel Rutledge Volunteers are one of a nonprofit’s most valuable assets. In fact, an hour of a volunteer’s time is worth $24.69, according to the most recent data from Independent Sector, a national member group that brings...
6.11.18 NC Nonprofit News
News about grants, gifts Vance County Community Foundation announced $7,100 in local awards from its community grantmaking fund on May 31st. Blue Ridge Orthodontics announced that they will be donating 100% of the profits from their in-house spa services to Mission...
6.11.18 US Nonprofit News
News about grants, gifts University of Haifa received a $10 million donation from American philanthropist, Lorry I. Lokey. Fifth graders at PS149 in Brooklyn organized a charity carnival and raised nearly a thousand dollars for City Harvest. New York Life and the...
6.4.18 NC Nonprofit News
News about grants, gifts The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America awarded grant funding to the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University on May 29th. Stage Door Dance selected Me Fine Foundation as their charity of choice for their 2018 "A Concert For the Kids" showcase,...
6.4.18 US Nonprofit News
News about grants, gifts Open Medicine Foundation received a $1 million anonymous pledge on May 24th. VantagePoint Software announced a $10,000 surprise donation to Shriners Hospitals for Children on May 24th. YOUTHadelphia announced grants totaling $50,000 to be...
The South Pacific is Calling!
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Richard Hackett In the South Pacific there are no roads, power lines, or phone systems to connect the thousands of smaller, less populated, islands to the same health care, educational and economic development services offered on...
Efficiency Can Equal Humanity
By Krystin Gollihue In 2010, a magnitude 7.0Mw earthquake hit Haiti. Nearly 1.5 million lost their homes, but in the immediate aftermath, nonprofits were on the ground filling the gap between disaster and international aid. Kerri Murray was on the ground in 2010, and...