Many of the athletes competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are bringing the same dedication to training and competing as they do to supporting their communities and the causes that inspire them. The following are a few of the individuals involved in philanthropic pursuits during this winter’s games:
• U.S. women’s hockey team captain Angela [...]
Filed under: News on February 17th, 2010 @ 11:11 am
Tagged with: Business, charity, Community, global, opportunity, philanthropy
Kohl’s department stores in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, recently announced a three year, $7 million initiative to support breast cancer research, education, and patient assistance programs throughout the Midwest United States.
The money is destined to provide grants to the American Cancer Society’s Midwest division to develop and distribute a breast health kit containing resources on reducing [...]
Filed under: News on February 15th, 2010 @ 8:30 am
Tagged with: Business, charity, Community, effective, innovation, philanthropy
Vancouver-based Telus Corp. has become the first Canadian company to be named the top philanthropic corporation of the year by the Association of Funding Professionals.
With 30,000 members and more than 2,000 chapters around the world, the AFP awarded Telus the 2010 Freeman Philanthropic Services Award for Outstanding Corporation after the telecommunications giant was nominated by [...]
Filed under: News on February 2nd, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, charity, Community, economy, entrepreneur, innovation, Technology
The earthquake that hit Haiti last Tuesday has prompted an unprecedented flurry of donations that vastly exceeds the amount raised for previous international catastrophes over the same number of days.
Donors have already contributed more than $150 million to major U.S. relief groups for the catastrophe in Haiti. By comparison, such charities had only raised around [...]
Filed under: News on January 19th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: charity, Community, Environment, global, philanthropy, sharing, strategy
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced it’s going to use a philanthropic vehicle called program related investments (PRI) through the creation of a $400 million fund. PRIs are new and largely unused investments that allow a philanthropy to achieve its charitable mission.
The other part of the story is about L3Cs, which are a [...]
Filed under: News, Uncategorized on January 4th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: alternative, charity, funding, giving, investing, News, philanthropy
According to a recent report by Reuters AlertNet, international aid agencies have been forced to scale back their operations due to the global economic downturn and falling donations, and face the possibility of having to take more extreme measures in 2010.
Although some countries and regions are showing signs of recovery, charitable giving around the globe [...]
Filed under: News on December 31st, 2009 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: charity, currency, donations, global economy, international aid, philanthropy, recovery, relief groups
According to a recent survey conducted by Forrester’s Technographics, U.S. online giving to nonprofits will top $4 billion this holiday season, with more than 111 million people saying they plan to give via the Internet.
The Omnibus Online survey found that more than 63% of American online consumers plan to donate to a charity of their [...]
Filed under: News on December 9th, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
Tagged with: charity, economy, internet, philanthropy
I’ve written about the crowd sourcing model for funding previously, both as it applies to charities with social media-styled Jolkona and artistic endeavors in the form of Kickstarter, and now I see today on ReadWriteWeb that this concept is being applied in similar ways with several new models.
Spot.us funds citizen journalism, SellABand allows fans to help [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, Business, News on August 25th, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
Tagged with: charity, Contenture, crowd sourced, donation, entrepreneur, funding, innovation, investing, investment, Kickstarter, micro funding, resources, SellABand, Spot.us, start-up, startup, success
Seth Godin has a thought provoking piece on what he refers to as patient capital, an idea that itself exists on the wisdom offered by the proverbial “teach a man to fish” point of view.
Godin illustrates the cycle of poverty, pointing to the fact that its very existence is predicated on the fact that [...]
Filed under: Community, News, Philanthropy on August 21st, 2009 @ 6:42 pm
Tagged with: Business, charity, Community, entrepreneur, funding, investing, investment, markets, opportunities, opportunity, poverty, sustainability
GreenRoad announced last month that it has raised $10 million in financing from Generation Investment Management, the investment firm co-founded by Al Gore in 2004. GreenRoad, which is developing technologies to encourage safe and fuel-efficient driving behavior, intends to use the proceeds to accelerate the deployment of its GreenRoad 360 service among new and existing customers. GreenRoad [...].
Porsche revealed an ultra-efficient, low-emission, mid-engine super sports car that features hybrid and electronic drive technology at this month’s Geneva Motor Show.
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