Callisto will provide sexual assault victims a digital alternative to in-person reports to local authorities or campus police.
New Technology May Make Sexual Assault Easier to Report
A Charity Deals with Burial Expenses of Families of Murder Victims
After 24 calls last year looking for cemetery plots, the Christopher LaVell Jones Foundation began purchasing them ahead of time to meet this sad need.
The Problem with Downing Street’s Grantmaking
Downing Street has been shown to not be the best judge when it comes to grantmaking.
The Nonprofit Sector Has a Ferguson Problem
Many of us are alarmed by the events in Ferguson, but does our sector perpetuate the same lack of representation that fuels that community’s unrest?
What Ails Rural Philanthropy and What Must Be Done
Rural areas lag behind metro counties in their recovery from the depths of the recession, and the gap continues to grow. Where is philanthropy?
Failure to Indict: Garner Grand Jury Decision in Staten Island Sparks More Protests
A grand jury in Staten Island has declined to indict the police officer who killed a black man by placing him in a chokehold. Are we at a tipping point yet?
Donor to University: My Money or Your Academic Freedom!
For the second time this academic year, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign finds itself embroiled in a conflict between its donors and its principles of academic freedom.
Millennials Bring Bipartisan Message to Congress
“Bipartisanship for millennials is not reserved for the centrists or for the moderates…[It] also includes those on the far left and the far right.”
About Nonprofit Salaries: A Quick Peek and a Question
What do the salaries of nonprofits look like on a bar graph? This is a view from Minnesota.
Carrie Walton Penner’s Agenda for Education Reform through Walton Philanthropy
In a rare interview with Forbes, Carrie Walton Penner reveals “a clear vision of the charter school movement over the next five years and her place in it.”
Rockefeller Foundation Awards 2nd Round of Resilient Cities Winners
It’s a public-private partnership that provides philanthropic support to cities so they can prepare for crises and manmade and natural disasters.
“Property of” No More: Nonprofits Help Sex Traffic Survivors Remove Markings
Survivors look to tattoo artists and nonprofits to help them regain their bodies by covering tattoos branded by the pimps and gangs that sold them.