Twitter has made its name as the leading model for where fast-paced social media is heading, but its recent design overhaul is taking a step back to make site features more straightforward and easier to navigate.

Atheists are coming out the woodwork—or at least out of the reddit social media site—to make charitable contributions to Doctors Without Borders.

The Federal Reserve devoted $29 trillion—twice the value of the total U.S. Gross Domestic Product—to bailing out banks. It is sort of beyond comprehension, and makes one wonder if the nation could put its collective energies toward resuscitating the self-bankrupted (and society-bankrupting) banking sector, imagine what this country could do if it devoted comparable dedication to building, financing, and boosting the nonprofit sector.

With Occupy Boston’s dismantle over the weekend and most of the large encampments facing evictions, what will be the Occupy movement’s next step? Occupy Our Homes reaches out to low-income families struggling with foreclosure on their homes, demanding “Foreclose on banks, not on people.”

The Kresge Foundation has been working towards a more complete use of their assets – today they announce an investment in the expansion of CDFIs.

The Atlantic ran a series of breathtaking photographs from the recent protests in Russia. Worth a peek if only for the sake of art.

A new nonprofit news site right sizes to adjust away from seed capital.

In Omaha a viral moment of paying off the layaway accounts of strangers proves that community still exists.

The electoral fundraising cycle is a 24/7 dynamic for Congressional and presidential candidates.  Their techniques sort of look like nonprofit fundraising techniques—except for the extra zeroes on the end of the dollar amounts they raise from individual and corporate contributors.

As we all try and spread the word about our organizations and missions, reading some advice from PR and Social Media experts can help guide some end of the year media pushes.

According to a new study by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University in nearly 90 percent of high net worth households, women are either the sole decision maker or an equal partner in decisions about charitable giving – what do these well off women want in their relationships with us?

When does philanthropy become a circus? Try this.