Harnessing the Internet to Provide Low-Cost Higher Education
University of the People, a group that provides online college classes, has won a $500,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its work.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Evaluating Programs? Ask Clients What They Think
Charities lose out on valuable insight about programs because they’re reluctant to ask clients for feedback, argues a nonprofit consultant.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Colorado Health-Care Database Wins Big Foundation Grants
Two Colorado foundations have made big grants for a database project to help improve health care in the state.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Chicago Girl Scouts Learn to Make Apps and Digital Badges
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $150,000 for “My Girl Scout Sash Is an App.”
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Facebook Fans Increase by 70 Percent at Some Nonprofits
Environmental and animal-right groups fared even better, says a new report, but more important than numbers of fans is what charities do with them.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Competitions Seek Examples of Nonprofit Innovation
The Alliance for Global Good wants to spur new ways for high-performing organizations to finance their work; plus other competition deadlines.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Grant Maker Builds a Record of Helping Nonprofits Innovate
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, founded by two venture philanthropists, has helped organizations like Kiva, Room to Read, and Little Kids Rock shoot from ideas into global prominence.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundation Woos New Donors With Its Rigorous Style
Fifteen wealthy philanthropists are adding millions of dollars to the coffers of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, which helps entrepreneurs turn ideas into high-impact projects.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fund Helps Build the Boards of Grantee Organizations
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation places foundation employees on the boards of the groups it supports so it can help build a governance system that works for the long haul.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Pioneering Evaluation Group Plans to Fold
Public/Private Ventures, whose research has spurred the expansion of mentor programs and other efforts to help needy youngsters, said it could no longer attract sufficient grants to pay for its operations.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor