Writing Program Helps Students Learn to Lead and Go on to College
Workshops in a former Massachusetts mill town train young people to write and inspire them to go to college and become leaders.
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
Contributor
Analyzing Fundraisers’ Personalities Can Help Them Click With Donors
Charities are getting more precise about matching a donor’s style to the person who makes a pitch.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Nonprofits Are Taking a Wide-Eyed Look at What Data Could Do
Big data are changing the way charities make decisions about programs, solicit contributions, and push for social change.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
SXSW Interactive Honors 10 People Who Use Technology for Social Good
Among the winners are one who helps artisans in Africa sell their products online and another that helps students pay their student-loan debts by working at nonprofits.
More Nonprofits Adopt Scientific Approach to Testing Whether Social Programs Work
Randomized, controlled trials are expensive and present ethical questions, but they produce very accurate results.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Philanthropy Woven Into Comcast’s Push on Time Warner Deal
The telecommunications giant’s financial support of major nonprofits serving minority groups could play in role in its efforts to secure regulatory approval for a blockbuster merger with Time Warner Cable, according to The New York Times.
Calif. House Backs Disclosure Bill on Nonprofit Politicking
California’s Assembly approved legislation Thursday that sets out circumstances under which politically active nonprofit groups would be required to identify their contributors, The Sacramento Bee reports.
More Minority Nonprofits Embracing Groups Beyond Their Own
Boston-area charities founded to help particular immigrant communities adjust to life in America are increasingly offering their services to a multinational array of new arrivals, The Boston Globe writes.
Dallas Couple Donates $30-Million to Christian College
The gift from husband-and-wife health-care executives April and Mark Anthony will support multiple projects and programs at Abilene Christian University, including construction of a football stadium, writes the Dallas Morning News.
Hedge-Fund Chief Kenneth Griffin Gives Harvard $150-Million
Most of the gift from the billionaire founder of investment fund Citadel will go toward undergraduate financial aid at Harvard, from which Mr. Griffin graduated in 1989, The New York Times and The Boston Globe report.