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Alaska Legislature honors NARF Staff Attorney Heather Kendall-Miller

October 30, 2014

Last week at the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Annual Convention, the Alaska State Legislature honored the professional life and work of NARFÌýStaff Attorney Heather…

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Adobe Corporate Responsibility Zeros in on Social Impact

October 30, 2014

By Leon Kaye AdobeÌýrecently released its most recentÌýcorporate responsibility report, which is chock full of data on where the $4.1 billion Silicon Valley software giant…

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How young women are changing the workplace

October 30, 2014

By Laura Cox Kaplan Millennials – loosely defined as those born between 1980 and 1995 – think and work differently. To be competitive, now and…

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How Federal Workers Lead the Nation in Charitable Giving

October 30, 2014

By Mark V. Ewert You know the routine: Someone at work volunteers to head up a fundraising drive, recruits people in every department to help,…

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Harvard Business School to Host New Program on Corporate Social Impact

October 30, 2014

BOSTON, Oct 27, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) —ÌýHarvard Business SchoolÌý(HBS) will host a new executive education program,ÌýCreating Shared Value: Economic Success and Social ImpactÌýfrom December 10-12,…

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Former foster youth in the 1% as she goes for her master’s degree

October 28, 2014

Sade is a motivational speaker who talks about her foster care story and how an Aunt and a “time out” in the foster care system…

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Amnesty International: Ferguson police committed human rights abuses during Michael Brown protests

October 28, 2014

By Terrence McCoy Just before midnight on Aug. 19, a longtime local cop named Ray Albers trained hisÌýAR-15 semiautomatic rifle on aÌýprotester in Ferguson, Mo.,…

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NAD & RID: Statement on Interpreting Services and the Media

October 28, 2014

The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) come together in collaboration and in support to…

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A Message From GuideStar President/CEO Jacob Harold

October 28, 2014

In 2013, I joined with partners at theÌýBBB Wise Giving AllianceÌýandÌýCharity NavigatorÌýin writing an open letter to the donors of ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ explaining that “overhead ratios”…

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Students set to break social barriers during National Mix It Up at Lunch Day

October 28, 2014

An estimated 1 million students across the country will step out of their cliques and challenge stereotypes today as part ofÌýNational Mix It Up at…

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Tackling Poverty in D.C. One Bed at a Time

October 28, 2014

Learn how A Wider Circle is tackling poverty one bed at a time in the Washington, D.C. metro region:

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Donors Care More About How Money Is Spent Than Results, Study Says

October 28, 2014

By Alex Daniels Donors are more interested in how a nonprofit’s funds are spent than in the results it achieves, according to a study released…

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