By Jack Ahern In the late 80s and early 90s, playwright, composer and lyricist, Bob Ost received awards and recognition for his work throughout much of the New York theater community but was having difficulty getting his work produced. He called upon three...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Greg Baldwin and Justin P. Oberman Within days of the presidential inauguration in January, site traffic at VolunteerMatch.org skyrocketed to unprecedented highs in their 19-year history. Interest in volunteering is at record...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Joseph Klem How does a nonprofit follow up on a dramatic five-year turnaround that upended nearly every aspect of its structure, programs and finances? After things have settled down, what’s a worthy encore performance? That’s...
By Sandy Cyr The push for cross-sector collaboration is everywhere lately. While this may seem like a recent trend in the nonprofit sector, working collaboratively and benefiting from shared learning has led to the success of the Nonprofit Communications and Media...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Kelly M. Hannum and Jara Dean-Coffey This article is the second in a two-part series on developing an evaluative mindset. Evaluation approaches offer strategic and systematic ways to gather, make sense of, and use...
As the Philanthropy Journal begins a new cycle on our editorial calendar, we will periodically republish articles from our archive. Please enjoy this piece on the National Humanities Center from April 2015. By Jordan Smith Nonprofits can play a role in shaping public...
By Jack Ahern Pediatric patients often feel overwhelmed by the strict daily regimens they go through as they battle challenging medical conditions. This can result in these children feeling they have no control over their circumstances and very little joy in...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Elisa Lees Muñoz It matters who makes the news and who decides what the news is; a diversity of voices in the news media is essential for it to serve as a driver of democracy. This belief, and the goal of righting the...
News about grants, gifts BMO Financial Group, CIBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank and TD Bank Group donated $500,000 to the Canadian Red Cross to support the flooding in Québec, Ontario, BC and New Brunswick. The 12th annual Scotiabank Pro-Am Hockey Tournament...
News about grants, gifts More than 500 New York City young professionals and philanthropists came together to raise over $240,000 at the annual Rising Leaders Council New York Cares Soirée to support volunteer endeavors the city. With a donation of $20.5 million and...
