Cash Prizes Entice Creative Minds to Develop Fresh Approaches to Poverty
The Robin Hood Foundation is putting $5-million into a contest to figure out how to ensure that community-college students graduate.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Multiple efforts are under way to help charities figure out how to help the poor in meaningful ways.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Reaching people in many generations and doing research on what works is essential, charity leaders say.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Group Takes On Payday Lending to Help Low-Income Workers
The Mississippi Center for Justice advocates against predatory behavior and sets up alternative loan programs.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Intensive Joint Efforts to Solve Big Problems Are a Work in Progress
Even some advocates of the approach say it’s being overhyped when the evidence is still out on how well it works.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
New York in Miniature Links Holiday Visitors With Plant World
The New York Botanical Garden builds iconic landmarks from a host of materials found in nature.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Estate of Music Publisher Gives $13-Million to SOS Children’s Villages–USA
Harry and Carol Goodman’s will also provided partial stock ownership in companies that own songs like “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.”
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Track 2014 Year-End Online Giving
December online donations shot up nearly 13 percent, according to data from more than 10,000 groups. See daily totals since November 1, and compare with data from 2011, 2012, and 2013.
San Jose Shuts Down Notorious Tent City for Homeless
The city moved Thursday to close “the Jungle,” a sprawling homeless encampment that drew national attention and came to symbolize the economic gulf in prosperous Silicon Valley, the San Jose Mercury News writes.
Koch-Backed Group Supplying Material for N.C. History Course
State education officials are encouraging high schools to include in U.S. history courses curriculum materials developed by a nonprofit organization that gets funding from the Koch family, the Charlotte Observer reports.