Bank of America Commits $10 Million to Spur Small Business Lending
Charlotte-based BoA will award grants to nonprofit lenders looking to leverage funds from the Small Business Administration and the Department of Agriculture for microloans to small and rural businesses....
Joyce Foundation Announces $15 Million in Grants
Grants of up to $415,000 were awarded to sixty-eight organizations for new and continuing initiatives designed to have a positive impact on communities in the Great Lakes region....
X Prize Foundation Launches $1.4 Million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge
The foundation's sixth major competition is designed to inspire entrepreneurs, engineers, and scientists worldwide to develop innovative and highly efficient methods of capturing crude oil from the ocean's surface....
Virginia Health Care Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Health Safety-Net Providers
Eighteen organizations were awarded grants to expand their patient capacity, range of health services, and/or outreach to low-income patients, the uninsured, and children....
In our latest TechSoup article, Beth Kanter explains why and how to use social media to turn your organization into a "networked" nonprofit....
Americans are reluctant to discuss death, particularly with children, says the president of the New York Life Foundation, but young people need honesty and support to cope with a loss....
Started by an American teen and her mom, ASOH works to build wells at schools in communities around the world that lack access to basic sanitation and clean drinking water....
The inaugural project of the Getty Artists Program provides K-12 teachers with access to contemporary arts teaching materials, searchable by grade level, medium, or artist.....
On the blog, we chat with blogger Lucy Bernholz and the Brooklyn Com- munity Foundation's Ben Esner, and guest contributor Mitch Sakofs suggests a metaphor for thinking about change....
