Charity Organizations

Holiday in St. Bernard

Julie Fefferman | Posted 12.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Charity Christmas Gifts, Charity Organizations, St. Bernard Parish, New Orleans, United Way, Habitat for Humanity, Hurricane Katrina, Medicaid, Natural Disasters, Living News
Julie Fefferman

The St. Bernard Community Center is just a few hundred meters from the main drag of New Orleans. Needy members from the community pace in front, waiting for the center to open.

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Philanthropy's New Ice Age: Will Social Innovation Survive the Freeze?

Jumpstart | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Jumpstart, Charity Organizations, Philanthropy, Philanthropy Funding, Charity, Charitable Funds, Strategic Philanthropy, Economy, Social Innovation, Jewish Social Entrepreneurship, Nonprofits, Innovation, Joshua Avedon, Shawn Landres, Jewish Innovation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Philanthropists, Lee Meyerhoff Hendler, Social Entrepreneurship, Jewish, Nonprofit Sector, Hazon, Nigel Savage, Living News
Jumpstart

After a decade of philanthropic investment that has produced a flowering of innovation and social entrepreneurship not seen since the late 19th century, all signs point to a flash freeze.

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Ethics Trickle Down, McCain

Hal Donahue | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Murtha, Charity Organizations, John McCain, Pennsylvania, Military, Sarah Palin, Ethics, William Russell, Fisher House, Politics News
Hal Donahue

The candidate calls himself Lieutenant Colonel Russell. Like him, I'm a retired LtCol, but I seldom go by that title and if I do use it, I always identify myself retired as required by regulations.

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WITNESS

Rebecca Lichtenfeld | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Witness, Charity Organizations, Charity, Drc, Africa, Congo, Health Care, Politics News
Rebecca Lichtenfeld

Some believe that HIV/AIDS statistics are much higher and possibly at pandemic levels in eastern DRC, due to the ongoing conflict between the army and the rebels.

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Can Travel Change the World?

Klara Glowczewska | Posted 09.15.2008 | Style

Read More: Rwanda, Charity Organizations, Ashley Judd, Conde Nast Traveler Five and Alive Fund, Conde Nast Traveler, Population Services International, Style News
Klara Glowczewska

I'd never traveled like this before, with this sort of purpose. Many of our readers, it turns out, have already found the same satisfaction.

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Volunteering: Giving of Your Time, Talents, and Treasures

DivineCaroline.com | YourOnRamp | Posted 09.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Charity Organizations, How to Get Started Volunteering, Volunteering, The Giving Life, Charity Options, Living News

When I left the paid workforce many years ago to raise three children, I got involved with several non-profit organizations that over the years have p...

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The War on Christmas in July

Eric Williams | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Donating to Charity, Charity Organizations, Philanthropy, Charity, Christmas, Religion, Religion and Politics, Freedom of Religion, Anti-Christmas, Politics News
Eric Williams

Maybe it's a sign of getting older, but doesn't it seem like the War on Christmas starts earlier and earlier every year? Feels like I just took down my anti-Christmas decorations last month.

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What Was the Name of that Green Organization Again?

Graham Hill | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Environmentalism, Charity Organizations, Green Living, Environmental Organizations, Green Tips, Green News
Graham Hill

There are so many great environmental organisations out there. But how many can you remember in a pinch? We have way too many Alliances of ... Resources ... Institutes ...

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Beacons of Hope Glimmer in Dark Financial Times

Vicky Ward | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Lincoln Center, Multiple Sclerosis, David Koch, Philanthropy, Charity, Economy, Blackstone Group, Charity Organizations, Donating to Charity, Living News
Vicky Ward

Just as our billionaires still go on their boats, so also, in New York, often criticized by outsiders for its shallowness and greed, authentic gestures of friendship and generosity endure.

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Help Me Write a Book

Michael Kinsley | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Charity Organizations, Philanthropy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Capitalism, Bill Gates Retires, Michael Kinsley, Gates Foundation, Business News
Michael Kinsley

The notion that capitalism, which is all about self-interest, can be amended somehow to be more about helping others -- and still be capitalist -- strikes many as hopelessly Pollyannaish and bizarre.

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Bikes Not Bombs

Steve Madden | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Charity Organizations, Bicycling, Charity, Peace, Afghanistan, 9/11 Victims, Politics News
Steve Madden

When a colonel at NATO emailed to ask if I wanted to deliver some bikes to Afghanistan, I was taken aback. Oh yeah, I thought. Afghanistan. There's still a war there.

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eCaring: Online Charities More Popular Than Ever

ABC News | Joshua Lipton | Posted 12.24.2007 | Business

Read More: Online Donations, Online Charities, Charity Organizations, Charity, Network for Good, Nonprofits, eCharity, Charity Navigator, eCaring, Business News

As the year draws to a close, Americans are busy donating money to charities across the country. Donors are expected to give more than $100 billion to...

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Giving Afghans an Alternative

Polly McTaggart | Posted 12.06.2007 | Living

Read More: Microloans, Lack of Progress in Afghanistan, The Places in Between, Farming, Charity Organizations, Middle East Bombing, Greg Mortensen, Muslim Charity, Charity, Afghanistan, Afghan War, 9/11, Donating to Charity, Global Partnership for Afghanistan, Western Democracy, Afghanistan War, Rory Stewart, Robert Gates, Taliban Opium, Three Cups of Tea, Soviets Afghanistan, Micro-Finance, Make a Difference, Afghan Farmers, Afghan Produce, Afghan Taliban, Holiday Season, Holiday Gifts, Gift Giving, Gpfa, Living News
Polly McTaggart

After the Soviets' scorched earth practices deforested the country, the bombings following 9/11 and years of severe drought and strict Taliban rule, Afghans have become some of the poorest people in the world.

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We Can't Say We Don't Know

Polly LaBarre | Posted 11.06.2007 | Living

Read More: Charity Organizations, Victoria Hale, Clinton Global Initiative, Charity, One World Health, Deep Ocean, Jessica Flannery, Micro-Finance, Non-Profits, Pop!Tech, The Deep, Non-Profit Pharmaceutical, Claire Nouvian, Fighting Malaria, Kiva, Living News
Polly LaBarre

Pop!Tech speakers offered up valuable and visceral accounts of personal moments of truth that took them off the career path and put them on the path to making a difference.

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