The Face of Philanthropy
Bringing Solar Power to Poor Countries Boosts Health and Finances
The Solar Electric Light Fund is expanding access to clean energy, water, and food and reducing harm to the environment.
Opinion: Rethinking Pink
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Awareness Isn’t the Problem – It’s Shame
People with serious diseases face real struggles that we need to address to remove shame and stigma.
- How Companies Can Make a Real Change in Breast-Cancer Prevention
Guide to Managing Nonprofits
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How Harlem Children’s Zone Spent a Decade Preparing for New Leadership
A key part of the effort: building an endowment before the new CEO took over to reduce fundraising pressures.
- Handing Over the Reins: Harlem's Children's Zone 6-Step System
How America Gives
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Affluent Suburb Struggles to Make Residents See Need for Local Giving
Lack of deep roots in the community and a preference for giving to local schools make charity support a challenge in Howard County, Md.
- Biggest Changes in Generosity
- How Much People Give in the Largest Cities
$1-Million to Literacy Groups
Among the 10 new grants posted today: $1-million from the Yelp Foundation to 10 literacy and entrepreneurship nonprofits across the nation. Search The Chronicle's database of more than 38,000 grants.
Must Reads
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Somaly Mam Foundation Shutters Operations
The move follows a controversy over charges that the namesake founder, renowned as an anti-trafficking activist, fabricated her personal history.
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GuideStar Unveils Online Tool to Gauge Nonprofits’ Diversity
Organizations can see how they stack up to industry standards by providing information on their workers’ gender, sexual orientation, race, and any disability.
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A Giving Pledge, Ralph Nader Style
The consumer advocate is trying to launch a new effort for wealthy donors, aimed at increasing social justice.
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Mark Zuckerberg Pledges $25-Million to Fight Ebola
The Facebook founder made the announcement on his Facebook page, saying the epidemic is at "a critical turning point."
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Opinion: Nonprofits Must Show How They Serve the Common Good
With government failing and so many businesses getting into the social-benefit game, charities play a special and unique role.
Philanthropy Today
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Changing Demographics Help Pull Las Vegas Out of a Charity Slump
A city hit particularly hard by the recession is enjoying a burst of generosity from small donors who have been less transient in recent years.
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Fundraising
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How America Gives
