People
Vertex Announces $500 Million Corporate Giving Commitment
Philanthropy News Digest
KIND Foundation Launches Initiative to Connect Global Classrooms
The $20 million initiative is focused on connecting classrooms around the world via a free online learning tool that combines video conferencing with standards-based activities Philanthropy News Digest
$18 Billion Vaults George Soros Into Stratosphere of Grant Makers
By Alex Daniels and Maria Di Mento / Chronicle of Philanthropy
Google.org Launches $1 Billion Initiative
The initiative is designed to connect nonprofit innovators with funding, tools, and Google volunteers
Philanthropy News Digest
A Latent Force: Inside the Collaborative Organizing Wealthy Donors of Color
By Caitlin Reilly / Inside Philanthropy
Study: People Happier When They Give
Front-line fundraisers can stop holding their breath and crossing their fingers. Donors really are happier than non-donors. What’s more, happiness tends to increase as one donates greater portions of his or her income.
By Andy Segedin / NonProfit Times
Planet
$64 Million from Bloomberg for Clean Energy Programs
Source: Bloomberg
Water Systems Are In Crisis. How Can Funders Help?
By Laurie Mazur / Inside Philanthropy
SC Johnson Supports World’s Largest Tropical Reforestation Project
Source: CSR Wire
Equity as Core Principle: Big Green and Environmental Justice Nonprofits Try to Align
By Cyndi Suarez / NonProfit Quarterly
Orlando Named Pilot Location for First-of-Its-Kind Regional Recycling Project
The project aims to increase the current 34 percent recycling rate in the United States by providing a scalable model for improving recycling and recovery rates.
Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizen Center
Tree Pittsburgh Receives “Net Zero” Sustainability Grant from Green Mountain Energy Sun Club
CSR Wire
Podcast: World Wildlife Fund and the Planet’s Future
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Prosperity
Fresno Drives toward a Strong and Sustainable Community-Based Economy
Steve Dubb / NonProfit Quarterly
How To Create an Article That Is Impossible Not to Share
Ann Smarty / Social Fish
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