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Pro Bono Week: A Time For Skills to Shine
By Ryan Scott What’s so special about pro bono? According to Taproot, the leading national advocate for pro bono service, pro bono has been a quiet…
A Treasure of Not Only Black History, But American History as a Whole
By Demetria Irwin Black History Month was always an exciting time for me when I was in elementary school. As the child and grandchild of…
The Children’s Inn At NIH CEO, Kathy Russell, Featured in People Magazine
By Tara Fowler When Kathy Russell was a young hospital administrator, she saw something she didn’t like. “Every day I’d come up on the elevator…
GuideStar Unveils Online Tool to Gauge Nonprofits’ Diversity
By Alex Daniels Charities can rate their diversity efforts with a new yardstick being offered by GuideStar, an organization that compiles data on nonprofits. Using…
Increasing Participation in Your Volunteer Program
By Ryan Scott A question that corporate philanthropy leaders and volunteer program managers ask me all the time is this: “How can we increase and improve volunteer…
‘Alzheimer’s in a Dish’ Expected To Hasten Drug Development
Currently taking the science world by storm are Harvard neuroscientist Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD, a past recipient of several BrightFocus grants, and 2013-15 BrightFocus Grantee…
Food Pantry Helps Family Get Through Tough Time Dealing With Cancer
I spent my youth in the Navy, and when I got out I began working as a chef. I knew nothing and so I taught…
Employee Engagement is Important! Increase Engagement through Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Programs
Guest Post by Adam Weinger, President of Double the Donation More than ever before, organizations are relying on employee engagement and loyalty for overall success. On…
Seismic Shift in Rome: New Catholic Church Document Praises Committed Gay and Lesbian “Partnerships”
By Liz Halloran HRC today commended Catholic leaders meeting in Rome for using new, inclusive language in referring to the LGBT community. The preliminary but potentially…
Obama to nominate ACLU lawyer to lead Justice Department’s civil rights division
By Sari Horwitz President Obama plans to nominate a top lawyer from the American Civil Liberties Union to head the civil rights division of the Justice…
Millennial Employees Keep Traditions Alive During Microsoft’s Employee Giving Campaign
If you had visited Microsoft’s Redmond HQ last Friday, you would have seen hundreds of people chatting and laughing along the roads surrounding main campus.…
How the Charitable Sector Keeps Us All Afloat
By Mark Rosenman As social and environmental problems grow worse and the resources to address them are stretched thinner, nonprofit organizations and foundations have to…