Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Page Snow It’s one of the great ironies of the private foundation sector: 98% of all private foundations in the U.S. have assets of less than $50 million each, and 67% have less than $1 million. Yet, despite their ubiquity, very...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Amy Hufford What happens when it’s time for an association to redesign their website? Because staff is spread thin and web design is not often an in-house skill set, one staff member is tasked to write an RFP and evaluate...
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...
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...
News about grants, gifts The Art for Justice Fund began distributing its latest Activating Art and Advocacy grants. The funding will bring together at least one artist or arts organization and at least one criminal justice activist or organization to create work that...
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...
