Indigenous Groups Get GPS Technology
Twenty-first century technology has become an important tool in indigenous groups’ fight to protect their ancestral lands in the Amazon. The Amazon Conservation Team, in Arlington, Va., has provided equipment and training to 32 Indian groups in Brazil, Colombia, and Suriname to help them map their…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
History, Culture, and Justice Among the Stops on a Miss. Donor Trip
A Mississippi legal charity leads an annual bus trip for its supporters through the struggling Delta region, shedding light on the area’s history, its continuing needs, and how they intertwine.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofits Turn to Web Sites to Solicit Marketing Designs and Save Money
An increasing number of charities are turning to Web sites that gather graphic artists to compete for projects.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A New Orleans ‘Land Trust’ Opens Doors for Low-Income Homebuyers
A nonprofit approach to helping New Orleans homebuyers acquire low-cost housing is gaining attention across the nation.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Group Uses Social Network to Raise Money
A San Francisco environmental group uses Foursquare, a place-based social network, to raise its profile.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Applying Kiva Approach to Fair Trade
The Hoop Fund is a new Web site that uses an approach popularized by Kiva to increase the market for fair-trade goods, such as chocolate and hand-woven clothing, and to help farmer and craft cooperatives in the developing world that make the products borrow money to improve their businesses.…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Social Investing Is Still Tough, Says Gates Foundation Official
The nation’s biggest grant maker is excited by the promise of social investing but realistic about the challenges.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New ‘Benefit Corporation’ Legislation Takes Effect in Maryland
New legal structure for companies that blend business with social or environmental good has some early adopters.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Index of Leading Social-Investment Fund Managers Announced
A new effort is under way to attract $2-billion in new capital to mission investments in the next five years.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
The Hoop Fund: Applying the Kiva Model to Fair Trade
New Web site allows users to buy products like chocolate or rice from cooperatives in the developing world—and to make loans to those cooperatives.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor