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The United Negro College Fund has announced a three-year, $1.12 million grant from the Kresge Foundation in support of historically black colleges and universities. Th... FULL STORY >>
Resources: United Negro College Fund Press The Supreme Court in Washington State has struck down a charter school law that was passed in a 2012 referendum with support from Bill Gates and other philanthropists, th... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Seattle Times Even though the Indian government has revoked its license to receive foreign donations, Greenpeace India has said it will continue to campaign against coal mining and for... FULL STORY >>
Resources: New York Times
Florida businessman Neil “Paul” Paulson’s campaign to replace Buddy Dyer as mayor of Orlando, Florida serves as yet another example, available almost daily, of how easy it is to screw around with veterans’ charities. ... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Orlando Sentinel
Family foundations and wealthy billionaires have led the pack in a strong first half year of charitable giving. At the outset of 2015, Atlas of Giving, a philanthropic-giving forecasting service, had predicted that charitable... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Robert Milburn
The world united in outrage in April 2014 when news broke that nearly 300 girls had been snatched in the night from their school in northeastern Nigeria by the terror group, Boko Haram. In the ensuing pandemonium, vast nation... FULL STORY >>
Resources: France24
The premise is simple: Gather at least 100 women who each contribute $100 to a nonprofit that is voted on by the group. Do this four times a year. Three women in Pittsburgh thought they would find 10 women to start their firs... FULL STORY >>
Resources: NEXT Pittsburgh
John Paulson’s $400 million gift to Harvard University initially attracted a ton of detractors who condemned the hedge fund mogul for his outsized generosity to America’s wealthiest, best-endowed institution of higher edu... FULL STORY >>
Resources: WBUR
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Five months post-quake, what’s next for Nepal 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/
