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Jury Is Out On Philanthropy And Medical Debt

The NonProfit Times

That’s the conclusion reached by a team of researchers from the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts after completing a study in partnership with RIP Medical Debt, a New York City charity that buys and cancels medical debt.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

They work with colleges, universities, and other organizations that embrace equity in higher learning, with a focus on historically underserved populations, including nontraditional and incarcerated students. . The National Education Association Foundation is a national nonprofit and philanthropic organization based in Washington, DC.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Brown Rudnick Center for Public Interest. The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of “awesome in the universe,” mostly through providing $1,000 micro-grants. Our grants are awarded to schools, local music programs, and national music programs.”. Brown Rudnick Center for the Public Interest.

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Nonprofit Technology News: Help for Charities to Develop Mobile Giving Capacity

Tech Soup

and is the eighth largest economy in the world, so it is expected that the law will become de facto national legislation. None-the-less, as California goes, so goes the nation – again. Forget Batteries: New Technologies To Power Electronics Devices. Useless Pay Phones To Become Free WiFi Hot Spots in New York City.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Through projects like the Games and Learning Publishing Council and the National STEM Video Game Challenge ( [link] ), the Cooney Center explores the power of games to advance learning and engage vulnerable students. In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City. Around Gender.

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Build Communities to Enhance Your Fundraising Campaigns

NTEN

The organization and challenge: The Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) in New York City was challenged with a name and brand that was not remembered or inspiring to its constituencies and communities. She serves on the board of directors and as treasurer of Swish , a New York City–based gay-straight alliance.

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Free Legal Services for Charities Anyone?

Tech Soup

I was reminded of this because of the American Bar Assocation's National Celebration of Pro Bono last week. I have no idea how it got started, but one of the most available and effective forms of corporate social responsibility are pro bono legal services for charities. OK, I do know that lawyers in the U.S Taproot Foundation is a U.S.

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