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Critical Work in Turbulent Times
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Charlena Wynn In the last decade or so, displaying Black art has become in vogue, highlighted by a desire to appear as a post-racial society while simultaneously witnessing Black death online and in real life. In the wake of...
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Using Data to Boost Capacity and Impact for Youth
Special to the Philanthropy Journal by Danielle Scaturro What does it take to help nonprofits transform their passion for serving disadvantaged youth into greater results and outcomes for young people? That’s the question we’ve been asking — and answering —...
Building a True Democracy
By Bob Phillips Democracy allows us to have freedoms and benefits of living in a culture and society that is protected. Many times, we see democracy as being tarnished by voter suppression, money, and gerrymandering, but that is not the ideal of American democracy or...
No Sides, Only Love
By Preston Wittwer Stephenie Larsen and her small team were in the early stages working to open Encircle, an LGBTQ+ youth center in Provo, Utah, when they started talking mission statements, mottos, and slogans. As they discussed ideas they were aware of all the...
More Than Just a Ride
What started as a bike and a dream has evolved into an event with ordinary riders who are making an extraordinary difference in the fight against cancer.
When Writing Checks Isn’t Enough: How Philanthropists Can Support Nonprofits
Philanthropists who engage with the causes they support are likely to offer a platform for awareness as well as a better understanding of the needs of nonprofits and those they serve.
Making the Impossible Possible
Equine therapy begins with sitting down with a rider and setting goals that may seem impossible. Given time, Bennie’s Barn is confident that their riders will be able to accomplish what seems impossible.
Reframing the Drug Debate
Harm reduction means meeting people where they are at and encouraging any positive change, however the person chooses to define it, whether it be accepting education on drug overdose prevention, abstaining from drugs, or anything in between.
Overeaters Anonymous: Giving Compulsive Eaters Hope and a Hand
Overeaters Anonymous provides an effective long-term solution to the disease of compulsive overeating and other eating disorders, and does it in a principled way with a consistent message: You are not alone; there is hope; OA works if you work it.
Creating Freedom from Addiction
For each individual who seeks a better future at De Paul Treatment Centers, the success he or she walks away with can be described with one word: freedom.
Adapting and Responding to Serve the Community
Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis is constantly working to improve their services and to create programs that will best serve their clients as a whole. By focusing on what works and finding ways to meet the individual needs of their clients, even some of the most challenging populations to serve have a place to be rather than be on the street.
Creating Space for Good
Residential therapeutic treatment centers can be beneficial to the health and safety of the whole community, but space plays a major role in the quality and types of services offered. Finding a space that adequately meets the needs of their recipients can be a daunting task for an organization.
Doing More with Less: Maximizing Health Outcomes with Limited Funding
For healthcare, the one-size-fits-all model simply does not work, as patients have many needs that must be addressed through collaboration among different specialists. Offering quality healthcare services to all, regardless of ability to pay, drives Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties of Rhode Island’s commitment to healthcare access, programming, and funding.
NC State Alums Return Home To Do Good
After successful NFL careers, Torry and Terrence Holt, former NC State football stars, created the Raleigh-based Holt Brothers Foundation in memory of their late mother Ojetta Holt-Shoffner. The Foundation works to mentor kids who have a parent with cancer and provides them with the tools needed to understand and cope with such a life-threatening disease.