Nonprofit Starts Software Company
The Family Service Agency of San Francisco is now selling the software it developed to track client information.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Impact Investing Grows More Common as a Tool for Grant Makers to Do Good
Still smarting from hits to their endowments, foundations are offering low-interest loans and investing directly in businesses aligned with their missions.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Mobile Technology Gets New Attention
Many nonprofits plan to expand their use of mobile technology in the coming year, according to a new report.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Competition Seeks College-App Ideas
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation thinks social media might be able to help low-income students apply for college, navigate financial aid, and stay in school.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Using Technology to Share Family Photos
A nonprofit project invites people to share their photos and the stories they tell, either online or in person at photo-sharing events.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Nonprofit Matches Military Veterans With Canine Helpers
Vets Helping Heroes has raised more than $2-million since 2006 to train and place service dogs with returning service members who have suffered emotional and physical damage.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Foundation’s Innovative Grant Program Supports Unconventional Health-Care Solutions
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is getting attention for its effort to promote new ideas, some of them drawn from the entertainment, design, and financial worlds.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Mobile Giving Forum Meets in December
The daylong event will focus on strategies charities can use to raise money, interact with supporters, and promote their causes using mobile technology.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Knight Gives $2.2-Million to Data Projects
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded $2.2-million to six projects designed to make data about important issues available to the public. Among the winners: • LocalData, a project created by three Code for America fellows, was awarded $300,000 to create tools that communities can…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
An App Finds Social-Purpose Businesses
A new smartphone application seeks to connect do-gooders with more than 1,000 social-purpose businesses.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor