Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates. On July 15th, Paul Allen announced that he will be giving away half of his fortune to philanthropy–an estimated $13.5 billion. This public commitment to giving has been sharpened by a recent project called, The Giving Pledge, by Mr. Gates and Warren E. Buffett, which calls upon the [...]
14. July 2010
China Foundation Center Hopes To Increase Transparency In Chinese Foundations
The China Foundation Center ( foundationcenter.org.cn/ ) was established to help create more transparency in Chinese foundations, as well as encourage more participation in philanthropy by making the activities of Chinese foundations’ activities more visibile to the public. This tool may help reduce the suspicion of mismanagement and even corruption within Chinese foundations. The archive [...]
30. June 2010
Nonprofit Organizations In New York Attempt To Block Charity Donation Deduction Limit
A pending state budget may hurt a lot of non profit organizations in New York by imposing limits to the amount an individual can claim from charitable donation deductions. The law would affect individual’s making donations who are considered “high earners.” This law should be a serious concern for non-profit organizations. Specifically, this law would [...]
14. June 2010
Chase Community Giving Summer 2010 On Facebook
Chase launched the Chase Community Giving program Summer 2010 on Facebook. The program will award over 5 million dollars to about 200 charities by way of grants ranging from $20,000 to $250,000. The program will allow Facebook users to vote on charities beginning June 15, 2010. Non profits competing in the competition were encouraged to [...]
9. May 2010
JP Morgan Investing 325 Million In Charter Schools
JP Morgan a new initiative to invest 325 million in charter schools. The new initiative will focus on the growth of high performers in this difficult credit environment. The company will provide $50 million in grants to community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to be used as permanent equity to fund top-performing charter schools. 175 million [...]
9. May 2010
Charities Review Council Revises Accountability Standards
Charities Review Council, is an organization that helps people who support charities with financial donations, has published a revised accountability standards for nonprofits. In addition, they have launched a new web tool to help learn about compliance with the new standards. The new standards address charity performance in the areas of public disclosure, governance, financial [...]
20. January 2010
Corporate Funding For Haiti Relief 83 million As Of January 19th
Corporate funding for Haiti relief efforts have exceeded $43 million by the evening of January 19th. In total, 203 companies have donated to the Haiti relief effort. Of those, 36 companies donated over $1 million to aid Haiti in this disaster recovery effort. Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership CNBC ran a special [...]
28. October 2009
Free Flu Preparedness Toolkit
National Council of Nonprofits has launched a free toolkit for non-profits to help prepare for the flu. Information can be found on their website at: www.councilofnonprofits.org. The N.C.N. acknowledges that some non-profits will be affected more significantly than others. Specifically they mentioned that schools and nonprofits providing residential services, child care, elder care and health [...]
9. October 2009
HP Donates $350,000 To Help With Typhoon Disaster Relief
Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation donates $350,000 to American Red Cross International Response Fund to help with disaster relief for Typhoon Ketsana. The Fund will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to communities affected by the disaster. In addition, HP has commenced its own relief efforts to assist affected employees.
30. September 2009
Google Docs Takes Students Seriously
Google Docs, a free online alternative to the Microsoft Office suite, has recently rolled out a series of student focused features that include equation editor, superscripts and subscripts, document translation, improvements to surveys, and more outlining options. The introduction of these features were the direct product of a group of Google Docs’ summer interns who [...]
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17. July 2010