Ridin' the range and ropin' the headlines so you don't have to.
Your biweekly roundup of media coverage on the world of nonprofit and philanthropy (yee-ha.)
Ecology-minded Kids are Working to Gather 1 Million (Noncontroversial) Acorns
(MinnPost) Sick of the scandal over nonprofit ACORN? Here’s something to brighten your day. Local youth participating in the Million Acorn Challenge are learning about ecology as they collect acorns for planting around the state of Minnesota.
Foundation Center Launches National Education Stimulus Initiative
(PND) New York based Foundation Center has announced the launch of a new national educational initiative to engage foundations and education leaders across the country in a unified, strategic drive to improve public education. The centerpiece of the initiative will be a web portal designed to help education funders align their grantmaking with funds available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
How Foundations Can Do the Most to Advance the Needs of Minorities
(The Chronicle of Philanthropy) Black philanthropist Robert K. Ross reflects on the soul-searching inspired by the recently proposed law to require the disclosure of the race and ethnicity of grantees in his home state of California.
In New York City, Poverty Defined In New Terms
(NPR) In response to the inadequacy of the current federal measure of poverty, New York City policy makers have created their own metrics for calculating poverty and determining support.
Stressing Results, Charity Retools Grant-giving
(The Boston Globe) The biggest charity in New England is changing how they award grants, leaving many nonprofits worried about funding. The new strategy will favor larger, less-restricted grants to fewer grantees.
United Ways 2009: A Confusing Mix of Missed and Missing Goals
(The Nonprofit Quarterly) A sign of the time, United Ways across the nation are changing how they set goals for their annual campaigns. Many UWs will focus on increasing the number of donors, not the total amount of donations. But in these trying times, skeptics wonder where these new donors will be found.
