News about grants, gifts The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas awarded $5,000 in scholarship money to East Rutherford High School this year through its High School Partnership Program, for giving more blood during the 2016-17 school year than any other high...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Luz Mairym López-Rodríguez, Ph.D. Why do nonprofit organizations (NPOs) need volunteers? Volunteers fill many purposes. Among other reasons, volunteers: (1) complement limited staff time; (2) help nonprofits fulfill their...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Lewis Sharpstone Ensuring sustainability is a top priority for almost every nonprofit organization. But one sometimes overlooked piece of the sustainability puzzle is managing critical external relationships and ensuring their...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Marcela Sarmiento Mellinger, MSW, Ph.D. Advocacy as a practice strategy has served as a catalyst for nonprofits to respond to factors that impact the services they provide. However, when we talk about advocacy, a...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Vanessa Donohue FleishmanHillard PR Know How Series for Philanthropy Journal Start Your Day by Tuning-In to these Podcasts is part of an ongoing series with FleishmanHillard, a full-service global public relations agency. The...
News about grants, gifts The Carroll Shelby Foundation donated $20,000 to The Eli Home at the annual Eli Home golf tournament. The National World War I Museum and Memorial was awarded a $1.9 million gift from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Eyes on...
News about grants, gifts The North Carolina Development Initiative received $750,000 from the Golden Leaf Foundation to help small businesses in NC counties impacted by Hurricane Matthew, western wildfires, Tropical Storm Julia, and Tropical Storm Hermine. The...
News about grants, gifts Stanford University announced the establishment of the new Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer Center for Vision Research thanks to a generous gift pledged by Mary Spencer in honor of her late husband, Sash. The Nationwide Foundation grated a $10...
News about grants, gifts I-77 Mobility Partners donated $50,000 to support Discovery Place Education Studio. The Leon Levine Foundation of Charlotte committed $1 million to the Children’s Home Society of North Carolina on May 30th. Cumberland Community Foundation...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Liz Neeley and Erin Barker As the opening chords blossom, a voice muses “A science story? Huh…”. A few beats later, other voices begin to pick up the thread, facts and ideas overlapping as the words swell with emotion. There is...
