America's Biggest Donors Increasingly Looking to Address Social Problems, New Ranking Suggests
According to the Slate 60, a growing number of major donors are funneling money into ambitious projects designed to address global and societal challenges instead of choosing to support more traditional nonprofit entities such as hospitals and colleges...
Arctic Melting Could Cost $2.4 Trillion by 2050, Report Suggests
The report from the Pew Environment Group found that this year alone, retreating Arctic sea ice and snow and thawing permafrost could warm the Earth by an amount equivalent to bringing online more than five hundred large coal-burning power plants....
Broad Looms Large Over Los Angeles Arts Scene
Broad, who founded two Fortune 500 companies before taking up philanthropy full time, places exacting demands on how the millions he donates are spent and has been known to pull his support when a project does not come together in a way he likes....
Kellogg Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to Preserve Montana's Indigenous Cultures
The grant will support the efforts of Salish Kootenai College educator Julie Cajune to preserve and share American-Indian history and culture in classrooms throughout Montana....
The latest column in our MyCareer series, Stories from the Recession: Hired in '09 describes how four professionals at various career levels landed great nonprofit jobs in a tough economy....
Social entrepreneur Chapman, the co-founder of YesKidzCan, talks about how her company and business model have been met with skepticism by many in the nonprofit sector....
The Shifting Gears Approach to Systems Change, a new report from the Joyce Foun- dation, offers lessons learned from an initiative designed to strength- en adult education....
CITYarts works in collaboration with professional artists to address civic, social, and educational issues through public art projects throughout the five boroughs of New York City....
The Center's Web site offers a main page for each of its major areas of public finance research, including climate change, Social Security, and housing....
On the blog, Kathryn Pyle celebrates Black History Month and Patricia Pasqual chats with Courtney Bourns at Grantmakers for Effective Organizations about evaluation....
