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Work and CareersNonprofit Employees Often Can’t Afford Basics, New Report Finds
More than one in five nonprofit workers in the United States is struggling to make ends meet, even as many dedicate their careers to helping others facing financial hardship, according to a new report released Tuesday. -
Foundation Giving
More Funders Are Handing Off Grant-Making Duties to Intermediaries. Is It a Good Idea?
A new report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds that nonprofits are not as enamored with intermediaries as consultancies and foundations. -
The Face of Philanthropy
Nonprofit Boosts Health Care in Rural Burundi
Infant mortality has dropped by 50 percent in the past 10 years, and malnutrition is a fraction of the national rate. -
Rural Philanthropy
Native American Group Gives to Individuals to Build Community Wealth
The NDN Collective is giving out $25,000 and $50,000 awards, thanks to a $50 million foundation grant. -
Rural Philanthropy
National Grant Makers Bet This Rural Education Program Can Scale
The Ballmer Group, Blue Meridian Partners, and others are helping Partners for Rural Impact take a model from Harlem and adapt it for Appalachian Kentucky and beyond. -
Rural Philanthropy
Rural America Is Struggling. Where’s Philanthropy?
New donor collaboratives are experimenting, but few national foundations bring big dollars or a strategy. Plus, see the rest of our September issue, posted online today. -
Technology
The A.I. That’s Already Raising Money
A new start-up is testing autonomous fundraisers that will interact directly with donors. Some tech experts have questions. -
Job Training
Nonprofit Seeks to Make Culinary Careers More Accessible
The Food Education Fund provides hands-on experiences and mentoring for low-income students of color at 10 New York high schools. -
Transitions
Waverley Street Foundation Taps First Head of U.S. Programs
Also, the Associated Press Foundation for Journalism has named its inaugural executive director, and Georgetown U.’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership will install a new director in January. -
Data and Research
‘Social Profit Orientation’ Can Help Companies and Nonprofits Alike Do More Good in the World
Researchers argue that companies and nonprofits can prosper when they make sustainable, social, and environmental impact central to their missions.
