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We would love to hear from people who have been awarded personal sabbaticals or cash or another significant resource by a local foundation to do something for themselves ... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Pacific Business News
It’s been ten years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, leaving more than 1,800 dead across the region, displacing 400,000, and resulting, by some estimates... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Patricia Schaefer
A Devex reporter named Adva Saldinger writes about “what the social entrepreneurship revolution needs now.” That word, “revolution,” may seem hyperbolic, but the ... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Rick Cohen
LOS ANGELES — When he arrived in Los Angeles more than 50 years ago, Eli Broad once said, he found himself in a city without a cultural center. So the billionaire arts patron decided to build one. On Sept. 20 that effort... FULL STORY >>
Resources: John Rogers | AP
A “Philanthropy Innovation Summit” is being held at Stanford University later this month, but you almost certainly can’t attend, unless, that is, you are in the super-exclusive club of “individual and family philanthr... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Stanford University (AP)
LONDON — Andy Murray says he will donate 50 pounds ($78) for every ace he hits from now until the end of the year to help the cause of refugees. Murray, who is playing for Britain in this week’s Davis Cup semifinals ag... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Associated Press
WASHINGTON — To President Barack Obama, women of the civil rights movement were “the thinkers and the doers” whose toil and sacrifice benefited everyone in the country. “Women made the movement happen,” he said. ... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Darlene Superville
In his first major philanthropic move, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced five years ago this week that he was donating $100 million to improve the schools of struggling Newark, New Jersey. A look at some of the key p... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. — When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s show five years ago this week to announce a $100 million donation to remake education in Newark, it was presented as an effort to make a str... FULL STORY >>
Resources: By Geoff Mulvihill
Charities that reach beneficiaries directly are a rising trend worldwide, especially in developed countries like the USA. What’s different about this approach? First, it’s transparent and allows you to track all the way t... FULL STORY >>
Resources: USA
From: Nepal Earhquake Story
Rural Foundations’ Ideas for Increasing Rural Philanthropy From: nonprofitquarterly
Photography Workshop Sponsored by Her Highness Sheikha Arwa Al Qassimi From: http://www.examiner.com/
The extravagant World of WearableArt returns to Wellington From: OLIVIA WANNAN
