News about grants, gifts The Durham Arts Council is holding new new information sessions for their Emerging Artists Grant Program on August 27th and September 3rd. Click here for more details. The North Carolina Department of Information Technology was...
8.26.19 US News
News about grants, gifts The Boston Women’s Fund received a $200,000 grant award from the NoVo Foundation. At its annual Backpack Drive, LIFT-Los Angeles distributed over 200 backpacks filled with education material sand supplies to under-served families and their...
8.19.19 NC News
News about grants, gifts The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford received a $40,000 capacity building grant from the SECU Foundation to help their program for youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood. The Wayne County Community Foundation was awarded $33,750...
8.19.19 US News
News about grants, gifts The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation awarded a $2,000 grant to Atlantic Home Care and Hospice's Camp Clover in Morristown, New Jersey. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, has just committed $200,000 over two years...
Getting to the Heart of It: Making Systemic Changes for a Healthier Nonprofit Industry
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Laurie De Armond and Adam Cole Nonprofits have always faced myriad challenges balancing the pursuit of their mission with long-term financial and operational stability, but those issues have been exacerbated in recent years by...
How to Get Your Board Members to Speak Up in Meetings
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Kim Donahue You’ve assembled an amazing board with a diverse range of experiences and accomplishments, but what happens when some members do all the talking, and others stay silent at meetings? Your nonprofit could be...
Making Nonprofit Revenue More Predictable
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Christopher Purdy According to Giving USA’s 2018 numbers, the $427.7 billion that Americans gave to charities in 2018 represented a slight increase over 2017 donations, although the inflation-adjusted total actually declined by...
Capacity Building (Part 3): Three Important Ways to Ensure Fundraising Is Tied to Programming
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Peter Gamache, Ph.D. and Jackie Griffin, MBA, M.S., Turnaround Life, Inc. This is the third in a multi-part series from Turnaround Life, Inc. on the issues nonprofits face in building capacity. You can read the first two...
8.12.19 NC News
News about grants, gifts The BB&T Charitable Fund awarded Old Salem a $250,000 multi-year, unrestricted grant in support of Old Salem's new organizational initiatives and transformation. The Protolabs Foundation is expanding their funding for STEM education in the...
8.12.19 US News
News about grants, gifts The United Methodist Retirement Communities (UMRC) Foundation received a grant of $50,000 from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Legacy Funds of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. This grant supports outdoor fitness equipment as part of...