A Charity’s Move Into an Old Brewery Taps Hope for a Gritty Neighborhood
A $24-million renovation gives a social-service organization a new headquarters and offers a chance to revive a poor Baltimore neighborhood.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Group embarks on push to get $1-billion allocated by Congress for research.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
A Nonprofit Devises Smarter Ways to Help Poor People Save Money
A San Francisco charity wants to figure out why its approach to ending poverty is working so that it can spread the lessons to others nonprofits.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A New Web Site Encourages Nonprofits to Share Lessons From Their Failed Projects
A new Web site asks international charities to confess their biggest failures.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor
Webcast: Social Innovation and Community Solutions
Join us on Tuesday, February 22, at 12:15 p.m. U.S. Eastern time for a live webcast of the discussion Social Innovation and Community Solutions for a New War on Poverty.
Survival Tactics for the Scouts: Blending New and Old Traditions
As they keep changing to meet the needs of today’s kids, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts continue their century-long rivalry.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor
Year founded: 1912 Founder: Juliette Gordon Low, a volunteer who aided wounded soldiers Headquarters: New York Why it was founded: To encourage girls to experience the outdoors and to help them develop traits such as self-reliance and resourcefulness What it does today: Promotes science, math, and…
Year founded: 1910 Founder: William D. Boyce, a Chicago publisher Headquarters: Irving, Tex. Why it was founded: To teach boys values such as patriotism, courage, and self-reliance What it does today: Prepares boys to make ethical and moral choices
Aaron Hurst, who founded the Taproot Foundation to link skilled professionals with charities that need them as volunteers, describes what happens when charity upstarts become part of the establishment.
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
How Charities Should Pursue Innovation
Seth Godin, the author and marketing expert, says charities need to be less businesslike in their approach to change.
By Derek Lieu
Contributor
A Nonprofit Organization Builds Bridges to Committed Donors Around the World
Acumen Fund, a nonprofit venture-capital organization, finances efforts in developing countries. Now it is turning to overseas donors to support more of its work.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Cleveland Charity’s Fighting Spirit Helps Stem a Tide of Foreclosures
A grass-roots Ohio charity helps homeowners avoid foreclosure and improve their neighborhoods thanks to tough tactics and a remarkable 72-year-old leader.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
A New Orleans ‘Land Trust’ Opens Doors for Low-Income Homebuyers
A nonprofit approach to helping New Orleans homebuyers acquire low-cost housing is gaining attention across the nation.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Preservationist Lies Down to Stand Up for Saving Slaves’ Homes
Joseph McGill, a program officer at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is sleeping in former slave cabins to call attention to the poor condition of these overlooked structures.
By Eric Frazier
Contributor
A Soccer Field Is Designed to Multitask and Pump Clean Water to Poor Regions
Kids from several Los Angeles Boys and Girls Clubs play soccer on a model of a structure intended to help people in developing countries gather and process clean drinking water.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
A Creative Nonprofit Manager Seeks to Influence the Business World
Nancy Lublin, chief executive of the charity Do Something, has become a prominent and outspoken leader, speaking about what charities and business do right -- and wrong.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor