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A clarion call to invest in historically Black colleges and universities

Candid

HBCUs lead the nation in conferring bachelor’s degrees to Black graduates who ultimately earn doctorate degrees. She responded, “Hmm, I am going to Boston University. As a proud alum of two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), I know how important these institutions are to this nation. We were so excited!

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

The Boston Foundation. The National Education Association Foundation is a national nonprofit and philanthropic organization based in Washington, DC. They aim to build upon state efforts to develop a more seamless, well-functioning, and effective early childhood system. The Boston Foundation. Lilly Endowment Inc.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

National University. Leads the innovative efforts at National University for military, veteran, and military family educational degree programs . The Greater Boston Food Bank. National Community Relations and Development Director & National Spokesperson. Kimberly Mitchell. Abby Maxman. President and CEO.

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Transform Your Communications & Collaboration With Slack

Saleforce Nonprofit

People’s Action Institute is a national network of state and local grassroots power-building organizations united in fighting for justice. The ability to integrate with many systems and bring organization-wide conversations into one centralized location in Slack is invaluable. In the 2020 U.S.

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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy

Non Profit Quarterly

Recently, in the wake of restrictive state-level and national abortion legislation targeting individuals seeking abortion access, multiple reproductive justice organizations have called attention to algorithmic content suppression and personal data surveillance practices of Meta and Google.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Our grants are awarded to schools, local music programs, and national music programs.”. Areas served: Boston, Hartford, New York City, Providence, Washington, D.C. The Guitar Center “makes the gift of music available to people across the country by providing resources for music education programs. Areas served: US. Mazda Foundation.

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Things We Like (February 2011)

NTEN

Or more techies because data keeps pouring out of the system faster than we can keep up? Then there's the Freedom Filter , mapping which nations retrict various freedoms -- something that's likely changing even as you read this. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Read more posts on our blog.