Family of Woman Shot at Sandy Hook Creates Fund for Teen Mental Health
Gina Jacobs / Shutterstock.com August 19, 2015; NJ.com NPQ has written before about the connection between mental illness and the terrible tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. Today, news from New Jersey...
View ArticleReal-World Learning: Nonprofits Empowering Youth through Job Training
August 18, 2015; New Orleans Advocate Young adults, ages 16–24, need additional skills and resources to be competitive in the ever-changing job market. According to the Brookings Institution,...
View ArticleWomen’s Giving Circle of Harford Celebrates 5 Years of Philanthropy
September 2, 2015; Baltimore Sun Several NPQ newswires have covered the phenomenon of giving circles, including some designed to fund specific causes. Giving circles are a type of group philanthropy...
View ArticleWhere Have All the Libraries Gone?
Image Credit: Daniel Solis September 4, 2015; Times of Trenton With the growth of digital books and the Internet, there were many who speculated that libraries were soon to go the way of the dodo bird,...
View ArticleIs Crowdfunding the Right Response to the Louisiana Public Defender Funding...
September 15, 2015; The Advocate If you were charged with a crime, would a total of seven minutes be enough time to meet with your attorney and feel properly represented? In New Orleans, that is the...
View ArticleHuman Needs Index: Unusual Partnership Backs Real-Time Data Project on Poverty
October 15, 2015; Next City One challenge that faces many nonprofits is having access to current, up-to-date data that supports the needs they’re trying to address. The Salvation Army has partnered...
View ArticleWhere Have All the Libraries Gone?
Image Credit: Daniel Solis September 4, 2015; Times of Trenton With the growth of digital books and the Internet, there were many who speculated that libraries were soon to go the way of the dodo bird,...
View ArticleIs Crowdfunding the Right Response to the Louisiana Public Defender Funding...
September 15, 2015; The Advocate If you were charged with a crime, would a total of seven minutes be enough time to meet with your attorney and feel properly represented? In New Orleans, that is the...
View ArticleHuman Needs Index: Unusual Partnership Backs Real-Time Data Project on Poverty
October 15, 2015; Next City One challenge that faces many nonprofits is having access to current, up-to-date data that supports the needs they’re trying to address. The Salvation Army has partnered...
View ArticleIn Louisiana, Lack of Public Defender Funding Systematically Threatens Sixth...
April 7, 2016, WDSU (New Orleans, LA) In New Orleans, private attorneys have been appointed as pro bono counsel due to the lack of funding for public defenders, and are going to court in an effort to...
View ArticleAfter Two Years of Challenges, Nonprofit Makes Meetings Public
April 12, 2016; Source: Penn Live In late 2013, the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania set aside $13 million from the sale of a city incinerator and long-term lease of the city’s parking assets. Rather...
View ArticleNevada Invests $10M in Public Money to Recruit Charter Management Organizations
April 14, 2016; Elko Daily Free Press Last week, the state signed a three-year, $10 million contract with Opportunity 180. The Charter School Harbor Master aims to develop high-performing urban charter...
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