News about grants, gifts Miranda Lambert's MuttNation Foundation held a Fill The Little Red Wagon activation throughout her recent 24-city U.S. tour. Fans provided dog food, supplies, toys, treats and cash to be donated to a pre-selected shelter in their...
What Nonprofits Need to Know about Blockchain: Humanitarian Use Cases
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Desiree Dickerson Over the past year, blockchain technology has been touted as the miracle solution to all of society’s pressing ailments. From food supply chains and insurance claims, to art authentication and DNA sequencing,...
Developing a Great Nonprofit Board
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Cyndee Patterson This is the first of four columns on how to develop a great nonprofit board. The quality of your nonprofit board determines how successful your nonprofit can be. No nonprofit staff, no matter how talented, can...
The Old Annual Report in the New Digital Age
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By David Chatham The nonprofit annual report has been around since the first nonprofits were established in the late 1800's. And it seems like not much has changed since then with this tried and true vehicle for communicating the...
Are All Impacts Created Equal?
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Herb Baum, PhD Evaluators would concur on the importance of funders examining the impacts of the programs they fund. However, we have provided few, if any tools, for the funders to use to compare impacts across programs with...
3.26.18 NC Nonprofit News
News about grants, gifts Healthcare Foundation of Wilson will fund a six-month planning and evaluation study to explore the feasibility of a new after-school program that is designed to positively impact the lives of middle school students in Wilson. The study will be...
3.26.18 US Nonprofit News
News about grants, gifts The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded $145 million in grants to groundbreaking projects that will include people with disabilities equally in their work. MacArthur’s initiative, 100&Change, asked grant...
3.26.18 International Nonprofit News
News about grants, gifts 250 schools, 2,500 teachers, and 25,000 students with a total of 250,000 people in communities will be engaged in The Non-Violence Project Foundation educational project in Uganda, thanks to the financial support from the City and the...
The new Facebook algorithm: Why the change is so good for nonprofits
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Gary Wohlfeill No one likes change. It’s scary. It’s disruptive. So when Facebook announced last month that they were making more changes to their algorithm and what content users would be seeing in their Facebook feeds, we...
March 2018 – NC Grants Roundup
The NC Grants Roundup can be a helpful tool when researching grant opportunities for your organization. For more tips read Becoming a “Grant Detective”: Best Practices for Grantseekers by Sarah Mann Willcox of the NC Network for Grantmakers.News about grants, giftsThe...