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It’s Time to Talk About AAPI Mental Health
Photo: Courtesy of CASL A Chinese American Service League employee meets with a client. Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Abbey Eusebio To put it plainly, the last couple years have not been good for the Asian American Pacific Islanders community members’ mental...
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Manuel Oliver Photo Essay
Manuel Oliver lost his son Joaquin on the deadly February 14th, 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. The next day he quit his job and formed CHANGE THE REF along with his wife Patricia to advocate for change in gun legislation. In Manuel’s...
Club Nova: Providing Entry to Community
This article originally ran in November 2017. Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Karen Kincaid Dunn “With Club Nova as a part of my life, I have not needed hospitalization for 12 years. I no longer feel caught in a raging storm of being cast out or apart...
Finding Good Information
By Sandy Cyr In mental health, and medicine in general, dissemination of good information is an ongoing challenge. Technology gives us vehicles to easily share information, but the problem lies in making sure that people are receiving valid information. This is an...
Helping a Cure Become Reality
For over 22 years, The Children’s Medical Research Foundation, Inc. has been raising awareness and funding to find a cure for Sanfilippo B Syndrome.
The Elephant in the Pink Room
Patient leadership is at the core of METAvivor’s model, focusing on the ways that a funding entity can serve as an advocate and can involve the patient at every step of the process.
Successfully Merging Two Legacy Organizations Requires the Right Vision and Strategy
Since their merger of the National Parkinson Foundation and the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, the newly-formed Parkinson’s Foundation has seen an increased impact in their ability to carry out their mission.
The Key to Fighting the World’s Deadliest Cancer
You can accomplish more together than you can alone. The Lung Cancer Research Foundation and Free to Breathe have already accomplished so much. By merging, they will be able to accomplish so much more.
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Patient Care
Please enjoy this feature from our archives published October 2015.The Allergy & Asthma Network’s success stems from their interdisciplinary approach to patient care. Each of their four focus areas and their related programs bring different stakeholders together to benefit allergy and asthma patients.
Collaborating to Help Those Living with Huntington’s Disease
Until a meaningful treatment for Huntington’s disease is found, we carry on together in the memory of those before us, with hope and perseverance for those still with us.
What Matters Isn’t What We Bring, It’s What We Leave Behind
In developing nations all over the world, people are in need of immediate help and long-term solutions. Surgeons of Hope aims to address congenital heart disease by sending doctors to areas of need and training local doctors to perform life-saving procedures.
The Ability to Participate
How do you connect with your peers when you cannot be with them? The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has provided a space for members of their community to get reacquainted with one another.
Ushering in the Next Step
With new leadership in place and an innovative refresh of the organization in progress, AlzNC is embracing the changing nonprofit landscape.
Meeting Your Population Where They Are: North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition
The North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC) intends to help those affected by drug use in their current state. The organization utilizes, and advocates for, realistic and non-judgmental outreach to help those in need to make changes in their life. This includes hiring staff that are former clients of NCHRC, who are able to relate to the problems of those they are hoping to serve.