Companies That Have Received Certification for Doing Good: a Sampling
Diverse companies have received B corporation status.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Investing in Long-Term Efforts to Strengthen Nonprofits Pays Off, Study Finds
An look at groups that raised money to make their operations sustainable shows how the investments paid off by vastly increasing the amount of services the groups could provide.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Ethical Dilemmas Relatively Rare in Fund Raising, Says New Poll
Four in five fund raisers report they face ethical quandries once a month or less, says a new survey.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
The Seattle Foundation lifts the veil on its internal data about charities, via a new Web site.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Business-Nonprofit Alliances Offer Promise
The Harvard Business Review’s September issue features articles about the ways social entrepreneurs can collaborate with business leaders and others to solve problems.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Director of Business Development, Exploratorium
The Exploratorium, in San Francisco, created a new job to increase business revenue.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Technology Grants Focus on Local Efforts
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded $2.2-million for projects that use technology to encourage people to get involved in local issues.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Creates Software Business
Family Services of Greater Houston makes money from a data system it created to meet its own needs.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Video Contest Honors Peace Corps
To honor the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, a nonprofit group is holding a video contest with $4,000 in prize money. Entrants should submit one- to two-minute videos that show how an active or former member of the Peace Corps, or the program as a whole, changed their lives. Submissions are…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
What’s Next for the Social Innovation Fund?
After fighting off a controversy about openness and fairness in its grant-making process, the federal Social Innovation Fund will now face this question: Will its projects fare better than those that did not get government money?
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor