Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Pete Coppolillo In the mid 1990s Aimee Hurt, Alice Whitelaw, Deborah Woollett, and Megan Parker all faced the same problem: conserving carnivores was expensive and inefficient. Just finding out where carnivores live was a...
News about grants, gifts StepUp Ministry's Share the Pie event raised $32,994 for the organization. The Durham Rescue Mission hosted its Annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner feeding homeless, hungry, and needy men, women, and children of the Triangle. This year the...
News about grants, gifts SimplyFun, LLC. will be supporting the Marine Toys for Tots foundation with a $100,000 product donation and My Stuff Bags Foundation with a $25,000 product donation this holiday season. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation marked the...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Sherry Booth Freeman, Ph.D. One of the greatest challenges facing the U.S. technology economy today is a crucial shortage of skilled and trained information technology professionals. While there are currently more than half...
By Haily Jones Health care issues affect us on a global level, however getting 120 countries to agree on what is important on how to solve these problems can be nearly impossible. In many cases, the shocking reality is that many global health issues present in...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Kelly M. Hannum and Ruth Frances Aston This two-part article explores Collective Impact and the criticism around it. In part one, the authors provided a general overview of Collective Impact, as well as some things organizations...
By Krystin Gollihue In 2010, New York City programmers Vanessa Hurst and Sara Chipps were asking themselves, “How can I help just one other woman learn to code?” The ongoing conversation about diversity and gender equity in the technology industry was prompting them...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Lee Sherman Building family well-being and maintaining it across the lifespan is one of the most powerful ways that we can ensure everyone reaches their potential and is able to fully contribute to our communities. Research has...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Jessica Haynie and Vicki Pozzebon Part one of a three-part series. In the nonprofit world, we talk about change all the time in terms of performance. The question centers around how much change or impact an organization is having...
By Krystin Gollihue While the vast majority of young people feel the desire and responsibility to lead, most of them don’t feel they are prepared with the right skills to lead, according to the 2016 4-H National Youth Survey on Leadership. As they prepare to enter a...
