ardentCause was founded by four partners, all veterans of the information technology industry. They met while creating and managing a regional charitable nonprofit and foundation, assisting girls and women to enter and stay in the technology fields. While the challenges were significant, the partners learned from their volunteers and from the community they served. They realized that simple, transparent information tools, technology consulting, and management consulting could be an answer to many operational challenges and the need for additional capacity for nonprofits. Wanting to serve this community as a whole, they discovered that there were technology tools, but many of them were not easily implemented by volunteer-run or even fully-staffed organizations. ardentCause was born.
Rick Cohen reports live from the Congressional hearing regarding how the IRS handled the Tea Party groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
Numbers for nonprofit-built homes have declined year-over-year since 2010. Is there a demand for lower-income homeownership opportunities that’s going unmet?
There was a feel-good moment for philanthropy in Cleveland on Sunday when Peter Lewis gave the commencement address at Case Western Reserve University.
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons are more prone to mood and alcohol-use disorders in states where their rights are abridged. Go figure.
The damage done to Granbury, Texas, has disproportionately affected some of its most vulnerable citizens. Fundraising efforts proceed without the fanfare attracted by those on the East Coast.
A billionaire donor may have had a chilling effect on a pair of documentaries.
As legalized marijuana takes root in the state of Washington, it brings along a crop of unusual quandaries to solve.
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As the BSA approach their decision to relax their ban on gay involvement in scouting, organizations with strong convictions continue to weigh in.
The widow of Apple founder and impresario Steve Jobs is now the ninth-wealthiest woman in the world. Fortunately for all of us, she has an eye toward charitable giving.
Are corporations changing from the inside? Shareholder proposals continue to crop up in major corporations, often prompted by nonprofit activists, but evidence of voluntary changes adopted by corporate shareholders is still lacking—particularly for proposals calling for corporate disclosure of political spending.
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We follow up on a story from earlier this year that’s shown a turn for the better.
A Chicago nonprofit founded late in 2011 with a mission “to bring dignity and self-determination to both sides of the giving equation” is now going national with its innovative crowd-sourced funding model.
A study done by The Center for Effective Philanthropy reiterates something we pretty much already knew; grantees like foundations better when they share information – all kinds of information.