Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Katie Zwetzig, Executive Director of Sterling Volunteers The building blocks of a great volunteer program begin with an in-depth understanding of your volunteers. What inspires them to action? What keeps them coming back? And...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Peter Gamache, Ph.D. and Jackie Griffin, MBA, M.S., Turnaround Life, Inc. This is the second in a multi-part series from Turnaround Life, Inc. on the issues nonprofits face in building capacity. You can read the first installment...
News about grants, gifts North Carolina Community Foundation, in partnership with the North Carolina Local News Lab, awarded more than $300,000 in grants to support information and public engagement as communities recover from Hurricane Florence and prepare eastern...
News about grants, gifts Immigration Equality received a $100,000 donation from Marriott International to expand the organization’s work providing free legal services to LGBTQ asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their countries of origin. The latest Incubator...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Barbara Rady Kazdan and Lynn S. Price This is the second in a multi-part series from Barbara Rady Kazdan and Lynn S. Price on the issues nonprofits face in transitioning leadership. You can read the first installment here. From...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Nils Smith, Chief Strategist of Social Media and Innovation, Dunham+Company Every 15 seconds a new user joins a social media platform. With growth happening at such a fast rate, social media is playing a much more integral role...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Susan N. Dreyfus and Brian Gallagher One of the hallmarks of the American spirit is our willingness to come together as a nation when any of us are facing life’s challenges. Whether we are responding to a national disaster,...
By Sandy Cyr A healthy local ecosystem is essential to maintaining the wellbeing of a community. Community, economic and cultural development are integral in this ecosystem, and artists are anchors for all three. Historically, artists have moved into neighborhoods...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Lynn Heimbruch How do you celebrate yourself with humility? What’s the best way to make a milestone meaningful, rather than self-promotional? How do you mark a quarter century of doing good to further the good? Our...
News about grants, gifts The Winston-Salem Foundation allocated seven grants totaling $189,000 for creative solutions to transportation challenges in Forsyth County. The North Carolina Community Foundation began disbursing $300,000 in grant awards to support...
