Face of Philanthropy
Bird-Watching Program Aids Dementia Patients
The Audubon Society and a nurse have figured out a way to calm Alzheimer's patients and lift their spirits.
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An Art Museum Uses Technology to Lure Young Patrons
Leaders of other cultural institutions are watching the experiment at the Cleveland Museum of Art with interest.
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Boston Effort Boosts Number of Hispanic Kids in Catholic Schools
Foundations are paying a big chunk of the bill to help more Latinos attend parochial institutions.
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Nonprofit Circus Project Helps Troubled Youths
A Portland, Ore., group works with social-service charities to teach troubled kids to perform trapeze and other acrobatics.
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Relief Charities Brave Intense Fighting to Help Displaced Syrians
Hazardous conditions and lack of money to provide refugees with shelter and other necessities put a strain on humanitarian organizations.
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Bikes From Nonprofit Keep Cambodian Girls Safe
Girls who walked to school were at risk of rape or abduction, so many parents were keeping their daughters at home.
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Nonprofit’s Coaches Teach Kids Games and Prevent Bullying
Playworks is sends coaches to 360 schools to help kids have fun during recess and return to class ready to learn.
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A Rock Opera Charity Celebrates an Art in All Its Excess
An upstart Baltimore opera company that appeals to kids, grandparents, and others hopes to expand to national scale.
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Annual 'Equality Rides’ Promote Gay Rights at Christian Colleges
Soulforce trains young activists in techniques of nonviolent confrontation and their work has led some institutions to drop discriminatory policies.
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Ailing Children Escape Into Make Believe With Help From Actors
A theater group brings Broadway actors and dancers to the hospital rooms of chronically ill or disabled children.
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A Nonprofit Offers Homeless Clients Free Haircuts and Pride
Robert Cradle hopes to spread his idea of opening barbershops in shelters, a way to give people in need a permanent place to groom.
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A Nonprofit Matches Military Veterans With Canine Helpers
Vets Helping Heroes has raised more than $2-million since 2006 to train and place service dogs with returning service members who have suffered emotional and physical...
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A Leader’s Unorthodox Antipoverty Ideas Win Him a 'Genius’ Prize
Maurice Lim Miller, head of the Family Independence Initiative, plans to use money from the MacArthur Foundation to spread his charity's approach overseas.
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Tiny Libraries Connect Neighborhoods, One Book at a Time
A small nonprofit has spread a creative way to encourage reading to 40 states and countries.
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Enjoying America’s Pastime as It Was Played in the 1800s
The Vintage Base Ball Association has recruited 75 teams to play according to old-school rules and methods.
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Silence Is Golden for an Acclaimed Va. Theater Company
Men in leather vests sneer. Women with feather boas preen. Constant motion. No words. Welcome to Synetic Theater’s version of “The Taming of the Shrew.”
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Teaching Children to Swim to Keep Them Safe
The USA Swimming Foundation focuses its work on minority children. Among those spreading the word about the charity is Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones, who is part of the...
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Giving Street Children in East Africa a Chance to Be Kids Again
Retrak, a project that grew out of a pickup game of soccer in Kampala, has returned a thousand boys to their families. Plus: Explore other innovative nonprofits featured in...
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Portland, Ore., Charity Pulls Up Pavement to Create 'Paradise’
Depave recruits volunteers to transform parking lots and other spots to green spaces that beautify communities and reduce runoff of pollutants into streams and rivers.
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A Charity Helps Students Aim for Higher Education
First Graduate prepares students academically for college and helps their families navigate the admission and financial-aid process. Its goal is to help students whose family...
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A New Project Seeks to Solve the Need for Household Fuel
The Paradigm Project hopes to sell five million of its inexpensive and efficient cook stoves in developing countries by 2020 to reduce the burden of collecting firewood and...
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African Newcomers Get Help Adjusting to American Life
For individuals and families struggling with relocation issues, the Colorado African Organization offers not just English, computer, and civics classes but help in navigating...
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Film Festival Spotlights People Striving for a Greener World
The 180 productions featured in Washington's Environmental Film Festival come from 42 countries and tell diverse tales, some of them offbeat.
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A Charity Braves a Shadowy Industry to Rescue Children
The GoodWeave Foundation tries to persuade carpet retailers it's not in their financial interest to buy from suppliers who use child labor, and its random inspections at...
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A Charity Helps Military Widows Reclaim Their Lives
The American Widow Project sponsors frequent retreats in which small groups congregate to share their grief and memories while participating in activities such as skydiving,...
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A Seattle Charity Helps Poor Families Lay Claim to Land They Farm
The rural development group Landesa says providing secure title to patches of land creates capital and helps families improve their income and their diets.
