New Business-Charity Hybrid Sought
New business-charity hybrid sought
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
$100,000 in Prize Money for Charity ‘Mashups’
In the world of Web 2.0, a mashup is an Internet site or service that combines data from more than one source. TechSoup.org is challenging nonprofit groups to think about ways they could combine information from multiple sources to raise awareness for a social cause — and offering $100,000 in prize…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
$20-Million Given for New Orleans Homes
Leonard Riggio, chairman of the Barnes & Noble bookselling company, and his wife, Louise, have made a $20-million gift to build homes for low-income homeowners in New Orleans who have been unable to repair or rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. The donation is one of the largest to date for rebuilding…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Couple Gives $20-Million to Rebuild Homes on Gulf Coast
Couple gives $20-million to rebuild homes on Gulf Coast
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Center for Community Change Launches Movement Vision Lab Website
On March 31, women who work in technology at nonprofit organizations or for political campaigns can participate in a series of free conference calls — some of which will also include Web-based presentations — on such topics as online organizing, open-source software, technology trends, and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Helps Immigrants Re-Enter Field of Health Care
Like any nurse, Maia Shur can start an IV and dress a wound. But she brought another important ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Coming to the Aid of NursesARTICLE: Sale of Artwork Finances Couple’s Commitment to NursingLIST: Grants to Support Nursing: a Sampling skill when she started working at the Brookline…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Sale of Artwork Finances Couple’s Commitment to Nursing
By Nicole WallaceThree years ago, Donald and Barbara Jonas sold 15 pieces from their beloved collection of ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Coming to the Aid of NursesARTICLE: Charity Helps Immigrants Re-Enter Field of Health CareLIST: Grants to Support Nursing: a Sampling modern art, including paintings by…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New foundation support seeks to focus on severe shortageEfforts to increase the number of nurses in the United States are starting to win significant ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Sale of Artwork Finances Couple’s Commitment to NursingARTICLE: Charity Helps Immigrants Re-Enter Field of Health CareLIST: Grants…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Is Cellphone Fund Raising Poised to Take Off?
Cellphone fund raising poised to take off?
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Katrina Site Focuses on Storm’s Aftermath
More than two years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast, a grant maker is using the Web to call attention to the larger issues of racism, poverty, and government neglect brought to light by the storms. In 2006 the Open Society Institute, in New York, awarded 31 grants…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor