Community-Development Nonprofit Set to Issue $100 Million in Bonds
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation says the offering will allow it to tap into impact-investment dollars and be more flexible in its work.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Leader Shakes Up a Small Nonprofit to Expand Impact
Maya Winkelstein of the Open Road Alliance is on a mission to get foundations to talk with grantees about project pitfalls and how to avoid them.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Vision for Bringing Health Care to the Poor
A medical emergency Stan Brock suffered in a remote region of South America inspired the former TV personality to create a nonprofit network of mobile clinics to serve rural areas.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Keeping Real-World Bias Out of Artificial Intelligence Will Take Work, Speaker Tells Conference
Gender and racial biases can distort data and even affect things like facial-recognition software, according to a robotics intern at HP Labs.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Indiana U. Offers Master’s Degree in Philanthropy Program Online
Students will have the option of completing their studies entirely online or taking a combination of web-based and on-campus courses.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Increasingly stocked with well-paid, well-educated leaders and staffs, the nonprofit world risks disconnecting with middle- and working-class Americans.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Tackling Diversity in a New Way
These organizations are rethinking hiring, salary, and even internships to add people of modest means to their ranks.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Foundation Executive’s Life Lessons
Raised in poverty, Rodney Christopher now makes decisions on granting and investing millions. He says much of the philanthropic world places little value on his life experience.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investments
The New York family philanthropy also issued a report aimed at helping other foundations that want their portfolios to mesh with their missions.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
U. of Michigan Fundraisers Land Big Gifts Faster Thanks to Videos From Dean
Gift officers at the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering use personalized messages to get the dean involved earlier in the cultivation process.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor