Chicago nonprofits try to improve diversity of board memberships
Chicago Tribune
By Melissa Harris
1/24/10
…For Chicago’s nonprofits it’s been an issue for a long time: How to recruit more (and different) minority representatives to boards when the pool of candidates who have the big job titles and wealth is still too small. Read full text.
IRS Gives Haiti Special [...]
Mon, January 25 2010 » Other » No Comments
When Wanting To Help Isn’t Enough
RE: Philanthropy
By Nina Smart
1/22/10
As planes full of food and medical supplies sit at the airport in Haiti while hundreds of thousands of people are dehydrated, hungry and in dire need of medical aid, the challenges of helping others is made obvious to the world. The outpouring of global generosity is [...]
Fri, January 22 2010 » Other » No Comments
Patrick trumpets education legislation
The Boston Globe
By Brian MacQuarrie
1/19/10
Sitting on a child’s stool at the Children’s Museum, Governor Deval Patrick signed a sweeping education bill yesterday that will greatly increase the number of charter schools, grant superintendents the power to overhaul failing districts, and make the state eligible for up to $250 million in federal stimulus [...]
Thu, January 21 2010 » Other » No Comments
Partnering with Corporate Philanthropy: Haiti and Afterwards
RE: Philanthropy
By Elizabeth Sullivan
1/19/10
…In the immediate days after the Haiti earthquake hit, I tracked in awe the incredible response from corporate philanthropy to the tragic events—much of which I learned in real-time via Twitter. According to the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC), in the first 24 hours of the [...]
Wed, January 20 2010 » Other » No Comments
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