Live Webcast of Microfinance USA
Watch a live webcast of Microfinance USA 2010, a conference that brings together investors, government officials, social entrepreneurs, businesspeople, and charity leaders to discuss the future of microfinance.
By Reaching Out to Amateur Players, a Symphony Gets in Tune With Its Audience
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra reached out to amateurs to spread the word about the value of music, but the effort also helped the organization’s professional musicians get more in touch with their own passions for the arts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Interactive Map Helps Charity Show New Yorkers the Impact of Burning ‘Dirty’ Heating Oil
An environmental charity used computer mapping tools to persuade people in New York City to fight pollution in their neighborhoods.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Washington Charity Finds Opportunity in the Real-Estate Bubble’s Collapse
A nonprofit group in Washington has saved big money by buying real estate in the down market.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Relief Group Uses Power of Song to Convey Health Messages in Haiti
Charities are creating songs with public-health messages to reach victims of Haiti’s earthquake.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Move Into Role Traditionally Held by Drug Companies
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and other health charities are starting to finance early research for new treatments -- the type of work many drug companies don’t want to do when a disease affects a small number of people.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Try to Fill Research Gaps to Combat Rare Diseases
As health charities seek to develop drugs, many are focusing their money on the crucial first stages of devising new treatments. But some groups are also trying to fill other gaps that impede progress toward new treatments. Finding enough patients to test new therapies can be difficult when dealing…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A New York Cancer Center Uses Technology to Predict Who Will Give
How charities of all sizes can use sophisticated software tools to decide which donors deserve attention.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Using the Power of Art to Bring Back Memories and Spark Ideas for Alzheimer’s Patients
Museum program gives patients an opportunity to express themselves and tap into long-term memories.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Theater Company Looks to Community-Supported Farms for Business Inspiration
Few people would see similarities between a Manhattan theater and a farm in upstate New York. But Jon Stancato, co-artistic director of the Stolen Chair Theatre Company, made just such a link. Mr. Stancato recently traveled to interview local farmers about how they earn a living in the hopes of…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Innovative Leadership Needed to Navigate Economic and Societal Changes
The economic crisis and other changes sweeping society have put nonprofit leaders in unfamiliar territory, forcing them to move quickly to make decisions that could spell the difference between whether or not their organizations — and their own positions — survive. To adapt, management experts say,…
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Five Trends Help to Create “Nonprofits of the Future,” Report Says
What should charities be doing to thrive in a changing world?
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Web Conferences Link Rural Doctors
The scarcity of nearby medical specialists, inadequate insurance, and the time and expense required to travel to Albuquerque or Santa Fe makes it difficult for many people in rural New Mexico to get treatment for complex, chronic diseases. But a university program is trying to bridge the distance…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Gas Company Fuels Change in Rural Africa
VillageReach, a nonprofit organization in Seattle, has taken a novel approach to improving the health of people in remote areas of Northern Mozambique: It runs a propane-distribution company. In 2002 the charity started VidaGas with the country’s Ministry of Health as its first and, at the time,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor