Browsing Tag: Philanthropy

Powered by the sun, it breaks down waste, turns it into useful gas and powers fuel cells. This toilet, made to help the developing world, won 1st prize in the 'Reinvent the Toilet Challenge'.

According to a new Blackbaud survey, almost half of existing donors asked about contributions said they plan to give less or to fewer charities this holiday season. Only 13 percent said they plan to give more. MacLaughlin notes that the average age of the average donor these days is 65.

ACT, Inc., has selected Parminder Jassal, Ph.D., to head the ACT Foundation as the founding executive director. Dr. Jassal will provide leadership and strategic vision to launch the Foundation with the objective of improving underserved students’ success in both education and the workplace.

The United Nations is (the) one place in the world where everybody can go and be together. It's a place where people can air their grievances and ask for help. If people will listen to you, if they just listen respectfully, you are halfway to defusing the problem.

In her interview with the Guardian, Gates said the moment had now come to push contraception back to the top of the development agenda.

The Sikh Spirit Foundation has released its semi-annual call for proposals and invites the North American community to seek funding for Sikh-related projects.

The Sikh Spirit Foundation is committed to helping bring meaningful and lasting change to the global Sikh community. We believe that there are countless opportunities for growth and immeasurable potential for development. Therefore, the Foundation has not limited its scope to a particular area of community development. Rather, we embrace all positive possibilities...

Accumulation of wealth is a fairly recent phenomenon in India -- it really began only with the opening of the markets, and we do have a history of scarcity...

All proposals must be received by June 1, 2009

As aid agencies around the world grapple with funding cuts amid the global economic meltdown, charities in India are targeting what was up until now an untapped resource - the middle classes.