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W.K. Kellogg Foundation Launches $5 Million Family Engagement Initiative 27 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) today announced a $5 million investment to identify and cultivate innovations in the growing field of family engagement that support children’s educational success f...
57% of Those Who Watch Nonprofit Videos Go On to Make a Donation 27 Aug 2013 | 07:17 pm
A recent survey from Google found that 57 percent of everyone who watches a nonprofit’s video will go on to make a donation to that nonprofit. 57 percent. So, what is your nonprofit’s video strategy...
Cooperman Family Pledges $25 Million to Hunter College 26 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm
They were Hunter College sweethearts and now they are the biggest ever to the college. Last week, Toby and Leon G. Cooperman committed $25 million to Hunter College, part of the City University of Ne...
YMCA Receives $1 Million Grant to Expand Early Learning Readiness Initiative 26 Aug 2013 | 07:28 pm
The YMCA of the USA has announced a $1 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to expand a pilot program designed to improve school readiness among young children in informal child care setting...
Jessie Ball duPont Fund Announces $1.9 Million in Grants 23 Aug 2013 | 07:17 pm
The Jessie Ball duPont Fund in Jacksonville, Florida, has announced third-quarter grants totaling $1.9 million to twenty nonprofit organizations in eight states. While the fund typically focuses its ...
September Is Boom Time for Donors, Google Says 23 Aug 2013 | 06:07 pm
A new research study by Google suggests that nonprofits might be waiting too long to start their year-end fundraising efforts. In 2012, the number of donation-related searches on the company’s site w...
Duke Receives $1.3 Million for Immune Deficiency Research 22 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
Charles and Daneen Stiefel of Raleigh, N.C., have given $1.3 million to support research at Duke Medicine that focuses on a group of diseases that compromise the immune system and increase the risk of...
Nonprofits Are Balking at Law on Disclosing Political Donors 22 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
In an era of enormous, and often secretive, political spending, an ethics law championed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was billed as a major breakthrough: tax-exempt groups that lobby New York State governm...
How Cause Marketing Drives Slacktivism (and Vice Versa) 21 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
The following is a guest post written by Jonathan Levi, Co-Founder & CEO of Zadaqa, a website the aggregates social media activism opportunities and rewards users for participating. In the last year ...
NC Lawmakers Ask for Bills after Center Report 21 Aug 2013 | 06:39 pm
State lawmakers want more restrictions on how public money is distributed to nonprofits and accounted for in light of critical reviews of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center. The pan...
