Saturday, Apr 19, 2025 12:02PM
St. Mary’s Academy in Portland, Oregon, is in the news because two longtime major donors are protesting the Catholic school’s decision to rescind a job offer extended... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Willamette Week
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú thinks he may have an answer to the current humanitarian crisis of tens of thousands of refugees from the Middle East and Africa sw... FULL STORY >>
Resources: The Forbes
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack addressed the 2015 National Rural Assembly, but didn’t deliver a stock speech. Choosing instead to simply answer questions, Vilsack... FULL STORY >>
Resources: U.S. Department of Agriculture
BBC News : A 26-year-old male model has died after collapsing on the catwalk at São Paulo Fashion Week. Tales Soares was taking part in a show for the brand Ocksa when he fell. He was taken to a hospital but could not... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : The ancestors of the people who built Stonehenge travelled west across the Mediterranean before reaching Britain, a study has shown. Researchers compared DNA extracted from Neolithic human remains found a... FULL STORY >>
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has never been comfortable with divestment pressures from activists. It took the slow route to finally divesting from PetroChina, which functioned as a linchpin in sustaining the governme... FULL STORY >>
Resources: The Guardian
A host of stars are to take part in a charity show this weekend, performing monologues dramatising the true stories of children growing up in South Africa. Nicole Kidman, Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy and Josh Hartnet... FULL STORY >>
Resources: www.bbc.com
Mumbai, 1st August 2015: Sightsavers is an organization that works to reduce the incidence of preventable loss of sight,promote sight restoration as well assupport the social inclusion and equal rights for the disabled.The o... FULL STORY >>
There’s an inspiring wedding trend that’s on the rise. Instead of wedding registries filled with bread machines and ice cream makers, many newlyweds now choose to support philanthropic causes in lieu of receiving wedding ... FULL STORY >>
Resources: New York Times
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
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
