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CITY KIDS GET TECH SUPPORT
Original Source By DAN AVERY A few years ago, Frank Rogers found himself at a crossroads. The child of drug addicts, he spent most of his childhood in New York City’s notorious foster-care system, bouncing between homes in Harlem, Brooklyn and the South Bronx. By…
Author: New York Post
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Advocacy Q&A with Gara LaMarche in Responsive Philanthropy magazine
Original Source NCRP LOOKS AT CREATING IMPACT Highlights two major foundations’ funding for community organizing and advocacy, and critical role of nonprofit leadership WASHINGTON, D.C.-The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) released today the summer edition of Responsive Philanthropy. This issue features articles on the…
Author: Responsive Philanthropy
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Retired baby boomers can help with public service
Original Source BY PAUL ARFIN Paul Arfin is president of Intergenerational Strategies, which is a partner with Dowling College’s Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice. As millions of baby boomers approach traditional retirement age, many experts are warning that such a massive workforce exodus could…
Author: New York Newsday
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The new philanthropists: Silicon Valley teens
Original Source by Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer A group of Kenyan orphans is tasting milk for the first time. On a train platform in India, teachers are giving lessons to children whose families force them to beg from passengers. And in Thailand, health workers…
Author: San Francisco Chronicle
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Some 'big ideas' from the left
Policy proposals are worth checking out. Original Source By Chris Satullo Inquirer Columnist Conservatism’s long heyday in national politics is grinding to an ugly halt. The demise may have been inevitable; cue in Eric Hoffer’s oft-quoted line that every cause begins as a movement, turns…
Author: Philadelphia Inquirer
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The Best Poverty-Fighting Bet
The Google IPO event of the nonprofit world Original Source By Georgia Levenson Keohane If any good comes out of the misguided farm bill passed last month, it will be the recognition that Americans are hungry. Amidst the egregious agricultural subsidies, the bill earmarks billions…
Author: Slate
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Back to Basics: More charities are seeking - and getting - operating support
Original Source By Elizabeth Schwinn When Earl Martin Phalen started Building Educated Leaders for Life, a program that prepares Boston inner-city students for college, he found it easy to persuade foundations to pay for tutors and books. But few would give him money for the…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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COMMUNITY HELPERS
The Life by Design Northwest program received $200,000 from Meyer Memorial Trust to be used for engaging older adults in volunteer and nonprofit work. In February, the program received $825,000 from the Atlantic Philanthropies. The Oregon Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $633,508 to 25 Oregon…
Author: The Oregonian
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Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted From Purpose
Are nonprofits overburdened and less effective as a result of grantmakers’ application and reporting requirements? This research report commissioned by Project Streamline found that the current system creates significant burdens on the time, energy and ultimate effectiveness of nonprofit practitioners. The report examines current application…
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TIME MAGAZINE PUTS VOLUNTEERMATCH IN ITS TOP 10 FOR 2007
Pioneering nonprofit Web service included in list of happening consumer destinations. (San Francisco, CA) – TIME Magazine has selected VolunteerMatch.org as one of the year’s Top 10 Web sites in the magazine’s annual survey of news, business and cultural touchstones for the year. In her…
Author: VolunteerMatch