2015 Bold Awards Recognize Government Innovators NextGov Can Yelp Help Government Win Back the Public's Trust? The popular review site is giving public employees a place to directly engage with citizens. Whether that improves services or trust remains to be seen. By Tod Newcombe / Governing.com Pittsburgh Launches 'Inclusive Innovation' Roadmap Pittsburg Post-Gazette Governing Institute’s [...]
Hawaii Foundation Provides $10,000 Award to Someone Like You We love foundations that provide grants and resources to acknowledge the hard work of people leading and working in nonprofits. By Ruth McCambridge / NonProfit Quarterly Millions Donated by Californians on Tax Returns Go Unused / Chronicle of Philanthropy Citi Foundation, America’s Promise Award $3 Million for Youth Philanthropy [...]
Maryland County Transforms Landfill Into Solar Farm By Stephanie Toone / American City and County ‘Crisis-Level’ Caseloads Triple for Massachusetts Child Welfare Workers Governing.com HUD Launches Resource Locator App New app and mobile site seen as new era in customer service Press Release by HUD Carolyn Coleman on Making City Issues Federal Priorities “Cities are [...]
Nonprofits and Thousands of Volunteers to the Rescue of State Parks Larry Kaplan / NonProfit Quarterly How the Crowdfunding Dream Machine has Changed Everything for Artists / Washington Post Coca-Cola Foundation Awards $26.2 Million in Grant 74 Organizations Awarded / Philanthropy News Digest Design Your Online Community for the Users, Not for the Organization Source: Social Fish Need [...]
ConnectHome Will Close ‘Homework Gap’ for Low-Income Children Without Internet By Stephanie Toone / American City and County Road and Bridge Data By State U.S. Department of Transportation Can You Change Negative Perceptions About Government Aid? By J.B. Wogan / Governing.com 2015 State of Cities State of the Cities 2015 analysis is derived from 100 cities [...]
The Complex Funder Pushing Creative Placemaking With Millions in New Grants Inside Philanthropy Facebook Gives Users the Power to Control Their Own News Feeds NonProfit Quarterly New N.Y. Grant Criteria Imperil Funding for Youth Charities / Chronicle of Philanthropy Millions of 'Pre-Senior' Baby Boomers Facing Hunger, Report Finds Feeding America Report / Philanthropy News Digest The Top [...]
These Old City Buses Have A New Purpose: Mobile Homeless Shelters Fast Company Oakland, Calif.’s Real-Time Crime Map Uses Data to Drive Community Engagement - i360 HUD Announces Final Rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing / HUD 10 Steps to a 'New Climate Economy' - Jessica Shankleman - GreenBiz Amazon Web Services Offers $250,000 in Prizes in “City [...]
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Public Arts Challenge Winners Six Cities Receive Grants Philanthropy News Digest Speed Dating Meets Giving Circles NonProfit Quarterly Echoing Green Announces 2015 Fellowships / Philanthropy News Digest Smithsonian Plans New Rules on Disclosing Research Funding Philanthropy News Digest Comic-Con Struggles for Its Brand Identity and Nonprofit Provenance By Rick Cohen NonProfit Quarterly How [...]
Jersey City Aims to Reduce Carbon Footprint With Energy-Analysis Plan i360SLGov.com The Causes, Costs and Consequences of Bad Government Data - By Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene / Governing Magazine A Closer Look at the Safest U.S. City to Drive In / Government Executive 5 Smart Cities Players a Step Ahead of Google's Sidewalk Labs - Lauren Hepler - GreenBiz [...]
Philanthropy Surges 5.4% to Record $358 Billion, Says ‘Giving USA’ By Holly Hall, Eden Stiffman, Ron Coddington, and Meredith Myers / Chronicle of Philanthropy 8 New Beneficiaries of Philanthropy / NonProfit Times $4 Billion in Private-Sector Clean Energy Commitments Announced Philanthropy News Digest Astellas Employees Assemble Thousands Of Care Packages For Homeless Veterans / CSR Wire [...]