Rallying a Community to Solve a Problem: 5 Local Efforts
Efforts include overhauling the juvenile-justice system, fighting poverty, and improving education.
Schools Are Main Focus of Collective Action but Don’t Account for the Biggest Successes
Problems of student achievement at various levels are often so great that “niche” approaches won’t work, experts say.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Tips for Charity Leaders Who Are Shy About Fundraising
Talk less and listen more, say experts.
Doctors Tread Carefully When Grateful Patients Open Checkbooks
One-on-one coaching is often the most effective way to help physicians learn to become strong fundraising allies.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Fundraisers Find Painless Ways for Nonprofit Leaders to Raise Money
Hartford Symphony music director Carolyn Kuan and other charity leaders discuss the ways they help without ever explicitly mentioning a donation.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Top U.S. Fundraiser for U.N. Agency to Use Ads to Raise Profile of Refugees
Anne-Marie Grey hopes to court the news media to gain attention for people who are forced to flee their home countries because of war or political strife.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
Start-Up Seeks to Provide Inexpensive Satellite Images for Nonprofits
The company’s nonprofit arm will use overhead imagery to help causes like environmentalism and human rights.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
‘The New Republic’ Tells Why Aid Projects Fail; ‘Forbes’ Showcases Donors
And a charity leader takes to the pages of the Harvard Business Review to explain old power vs. new power.
U. of N.C. Pharmacy School Gets $100-Million for Innovation Institute
Fred Eshelman, founder of a pharmaceutical company, had previously given $38-million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Charity Seeks to Keep Poverty From Being Passed to Next Generation
Grant makers are increasingly pouring money into projects that work with poor parents and their children.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor