From the Chronicle of Philanthropy: Giving away money can be fun — especially when it’s somebody else’s. That’s the premise behind Viewers to Volunteers, a new website that lets users … Read more
From the Chronicle of Philanthropy: In a continued effort to self-regulate, Independent Sector, a membership organization of nonprofits, today released a set of 33 principles for charities to follow when … Read more
From our friends at the Grant Professionals Association–Mohawk/Hudson Chapter: Click here for a Save-the-Date flier for many valuable upcoming workshops from the GPA. Workshops include Budget Basics for Successful Grant … Read more
From the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University: Charitable giving in the United States is expected to grow by 4.8 percent in 2015 and by an additional 4.9 … Read more
From the Chronicle of Philanthropy: Attention fundraisers: Stop trying to pull on men’s heartstrings, advises a Stanford University study. Researchers documented an “empathy gap” between men and women when it … Read more
The Black Male Achievement Social Innovation Accelerator (the “Accelerator”) is a key strategy of the Campaign for Black Male Achievement to showcase and spread what works in the field of … Read more
From the Huffington Post: People say philanthropy is only for the rich. This is a lie. When anyone gives anything with good heart, he or she becomes a philanthropist — … Read more
From the Chronicle of Philanthropy: The New England Patriots are a slight favorite to defeat the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl on Sunday, but which team (and their respective … Read more
From the Washington Post: Washington-area philanthropy is becoming unabashedly business-minded. Practices such as impact investing and public-private partnerships that were experiments after the recession are now expected to be regular … Read more
The Community Foundation is deeply grateful to its Board of Directors, donors and partners for their support in 2014. What was the Foundation able to achieve in 2014? Click below … Read more