December 20, 2011
How Volunteering Has Impacted Me to the CORE
RE: Philanthropy
By Elizabeth Douglass
12/19/11
July was an incredibly busy month for me this year. Not only did I marry my best friend, I also started working as a volunteer teacher for Computer Community Outreach and Education (Computer CORE), a nonprofit based in Alexandria, Va. Computer CORE is a place where low-income, (often-times) first-generation immigrant adults can learn career development skills and earn basic computing school credits through a six-month class accredited by Northern Virginia Community College.
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Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut Receives $30 Million Endowment from The Draper Foundation
The Register Citizen
12/19/11
As legacy gifts go, The Draper Foundation Fund is in a class by itself. One of the largest single gifts on record to a community foundation in the state of Connecticut, it will forever immortalize Jim and Shirley Draper as two of the area’s foremost benefactors.
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Making a Plan to Make a Difference
The Star Tribune
By Kara McGuire
12/19/20
This will be the last year, I swear. Starting in 2012, I will not cram most of my charitable giving into December, donations haphazardly made based on the solicitations I get in the mail, charities my friends mention on Facebook, or giving patterns of the past. I vow to craft a thoughtful 2012 giving plan.
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How Film and Philanthropy Work Together
The Huffington Post
By Marcia G. Yerman
12/19/11
The DOC NYC Festival featured a panel examining the intersection between documentary filmmaking and philanthropy. Participating were Naomi Levine from New York University, Dan Cogan of Impact Partners, Sandi DuBowski, Director, and moderator Mary Domowicz, Academic Director at NYU-SCPS.
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The Common Good Enterprise – A New Term for an Emerging Sector
Triple Pundit
By Jim Epstein and Alicia Epstein Korten
12/19/11
As an investment advisor, I (Jim) am often asked to sit on nonprofit boards. I have grown uncomfortable with the term not-for-profit to describe these organizations, which often embrace business principles in their operations. For example, DC Greenworks generates income from government contracts and fees for green roof installations. In 2002, I (Alicia) had difficulty finding graduate courses that blended business and social values. At a 2009 Net Impact conference, I was overwhelmed by the presence of over 2,000 MBA students interested in the common good.
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