2 Nonprofits Tell Honest, Compelling Stories About Real People
American Documentary and StoryCorps won awards for their creativity and effectiveness, which one grant maker says stem from their constant focus on innovation and expansion.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Hiring and Pay Are Expected to Remain Flat in East Coast Cities Through 2013
A study of 6,500 organizations in five East Coast metropolitan areas found that one-third of groups were restructuring with the hopes of adding new employees.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Text Messages Help Charity Raise Money
Inspiring weekly messages leading up to a marathon kept participants motivated to train and to turn out for the event.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
What It Takes to Succeed in a Nonprofit Collaboration
Groups that have the right leaders, that have a strong sense of their own priorities, and that have good financial resources are the most likely to achieve their goals.
By Peter Kramer
Contributor
How 10 Leaders Use Technology for Good
Innovative efforts to use technology to improve health care, curb climate change, and help the poor take center stage in Austin, Tex., at the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival’s Dewey Winburne Community Service Awards.
Veteran Leader of 3 Big Nonprofits Says Charities Should Find Their Own Identity, Not Copy Others
George Rupp, 70, is stepping down as head of International Rescue Committee after tripling the group’s budget. He has headed Columbia and Rice universities and is ready for another public-service job.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Nonprofits Use Skype to Reach Schools
Skype in the Classroom, a service of the video-call network, is helping nonprofits like the Walden Woods Project share their missions with teachers and students around the world.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Amanda Quraishi: Fighting Homelessness and Poverty With Social Media
Amanda Quraishi embeds herself with the homeless people her charity serves and chronicles the experience.
Ben Sawyer: Getting Serious About Using Video Games to Solve Problems
Ben Sawyer works to create games that help solve problems in education, health care, national defense, and corporate management.
Rey Faustino: Using Education to Fight Poverty and Unlock Opportunities
Rey Faustino’s nonprofit built an extensive online database of service organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Simeon Oriko: Teaching Africa’s Youths About the Power of Technology
Simeon Oriko teaches digital literacy and also works on projects to make it easier for Kenyans to find schools, health care, and monitor crime trends and election issues.
Some Nonprofit Leaders Ask: Is Philanthropy Killing Itself With Kindness?
With money tight and people in and out of nonprofits demanding brutal honesty, the lack of candor about bad nonprofits and foundations is a growing problem.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Elizabeth Davidson and Maurya Couvares: Helping Teenagers Get Tech Skills
The co-founders of Scripted train people with technology skills to work with high-school students in Harlem.
Madhura Bhat: Encouraging Entrepreneurs to Improve Health Care
Madhura Bhat started Health for America to find young people with radical ideas and then pairing them with health-care experts and community leaders.
Arlene Ducao: Mapping Global Hotspots
Arlene Ducao helped found a group that is using infrared technology to help people solve ecological problems.
Rich Schwerdtfeger: Helping People Who Are Blind or Deaf Get Information Online
As chief technology officer of accessibility at IBM Software, Rich Schwerdtfeger works to make it possible for people who can’t see or hear to use the Internet.