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Official Month Underscores Impact of Lung Cancer, Highlights Urgent Need to Fund Advanced Research as Hope Is on the Horizon WASHINGTON, DC (November 1, 2013) – This November, LUNGevity Foundation, with the largest research awards program of any lung cancer–focused organization in the U.S., recognizes Lung Cancer Awareness Month as a critical time on our…

Today’s teens want to pursue careers that will provide both financial rewards and job satisfaction. To gauge teens’ perspectives on their ideal careers and what steps they will need to take to get on their desired career path, Junior Achievement USA and the ING Foundation recently conducted their 12th annual Teens & Careers Survey. The…

  Today, the U.S. Senate voted 64 to 32 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) for the first time in the legislation’s two-decade history. All Senate Democrats joined 10 Senate Republicans to approve the bill. Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin issued the following statement:   “Today, a strong bipartisan majority of the United States Senate…

Tweet AHC Inc. is a not-for-profit developer of affordable housing in the mid-Atlantic region. Along with quality housing, AHC celebrates 20 years providing educational programs for the families who live in our affordable apartment communities. Because our community centers are located right in our apartment complexes, our education programs are an active, vibrant part of…

Achieving social impact requires a measured approach centered on five guiding principles: Tweet Turn your stakeholders into partners by making their participation urgent and necessary Integrate social impact within your company’s business and CSR efforts to maximize potential for impact Seek out new opportunities to innovate and accelerate solutions Explore new communication channels to broaden…

Each year on Veterans Day, thousands of veterans and their families congregate at The Wall to remember and to honor those who served in the U.S. armed forces. On these special days, prominent Americans from all walks of life come to the Memorial to deliver thoughtful and patriotic speeches.  Click here for all event details.…

Movember 2013 During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo’s, these men raise vital awareness and funds for men’s health issues, specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives. The Foundation received $6.2 million from our amazing partners…

By Rick Cohen The salacious headline of the Washington Post article on reported “diversions” of nonprofit assets reads, “Inside the hidden world of thefts, scams and phantom purchases at the nation’s nonprofits.” Therein lies the problem: the lure implies that the nonprofits are involved in and parties to these “thefts, scams and phantom purchases,” as…

By Cecillia Wang, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project  Immigrant families in Alabama can finally breathe more freely thanks to a settlement reached Tuesday with Alabama over its draconian HB 56 anti-immigrant law, enacted in 2011. The settlement that we and our co-counsel reached permanently blocks key provisions of the law and significantly limits racial profiling resulting from…

When Superstorm Sandy struck the east coast on October 29, 2012, the need was massive, the logistics complicated. Fortunately, Feeding America’s Disaster Relief Program was already in place and able to mobilize quickly. In total, Feeding America food banks distributed more than 20 million meals to people affected by the storm. Thanks to our generous…