Donated Guitars Provide Musical Tonic for the Troops
A Nashville organization helps soldiers escape war’s horror and tedium through music.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
An Effort to Secure Benefits for a City’s Forgotten Residents
A charity’s safety net catches homeless and mentally ill Chicagoans.
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
Contributor
A Pet Project Turns Cameras on People in Developing Nations
A volunteer-led charity uses photography and a toy dog to build bonds between Americans and residents of poverty-ridden nations.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
A Nonprofit Gallery Gives Veteran Artists a Place to Shine
The Carter Burden Center for Aging, in New York, runs an exhibition space that encourages people in their 70s, 80s, and beyond to create new works of art.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
Podcast: A Charity Leader Discusses Progress in Haiti, One Year Later
Jean Claude O. Fignolé, ActionAid’s country director in Haiti, discusses the difficulties that his group is facing in helping to rebuild the devastated country.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Book-Lover’s Charity Builds Libraries for Indonesian Kids
James Owens noticed on a trip to Indonesia that many youngsters lacked books to read for pleasure. He founded a charity to ensure that more youngsters would have access to books they enjoy.
By Jane Coaston
Contributor
Haiti Earthquake Fund Raising, One Year Later
Find out what charities plan to do with the donations they have left to help the country recover from the devastating earthquake.
By Derek Lieu
Contributor
Charities Report Slow Progress in Haiti, Despite $1.4-Billion Raised in a Year
Nonprofit groups and their critics consider why recovery efforts have not made more progress in the year since the island was struck by disaster.
By NICOLE WALLACE and Caroline Preston
Young Storytellers Bring Their Tales to Life With a Charity’s Help
Barrel of Monkeys, a Chicago charity, helps young people learn to write plays and perform on stage. (The Face of Philanthropy)
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
Harnessing the Power of Art to Heal Patients in Somber Settings
A New York charity celebrates 10 years of providing museum-quality art to comfort hospital patients.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Creating Keepsakes to Help Orphaned Kids Hold On to Childhood
A Wisconsin project relies on high-school art students to make portraits so children abroad will have visual reminders from their childhoods.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Breaking Down Barriers in a Segregated Region by Creating Green Space
A community foundation seeks to get residents of Detroit and its suburbs to connect across racial and economic barriers via a series of biking and hiking paths.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
Saving Cinema’s Gems, One Precious Frame at a Time
Born from an Oscar winner’s passion, the Film Foundation preserves some of cinema’s most fragile masterpieces.
By Sheila V. Kumar
Contributor
A Grass-Roots Charity Parks It Anywhere to Reclaim Green Space
A grass-roots charity takes an innovative, all-volunteer approach to creating temporary parks in spaces cities usually reserve for cars.
By Richard White
Contributor
Down on the Farm, Foster Children Learn the Gentle Art of Trust
At a Sonoma County, Calif., charity, foster children pitch in with farm work -- and learn to trust caring adults.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
Training Volunteers to Embrace Their Inner ‘Geeks’
Free Geek, an Oregon charity, trains volunteers to refurbish used computers and give them to people in need.
By Grace Bacon
Contributor