July 30, 2009
Mary Lou Fulton, former vice president of audience development, Bakersfield Californian, named communications and media program officer, The California Endowment.
November 24, 2009
Helene D. Gayle, president and CEO, CARE USA, appointed to board of trustees; Rockefeller Foundation; Jane L. Mendillo, president and CEO, Harvard Management Co., appointed to foundation's investment committee.
November 24, 2009
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced $2 million open competition for ideas to transform learning using digital media.
November 24, 2009
Bonnie W. Gwin, managing partner, Heidrick & Struggles International, named chair, board of directors, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.
November 24, 2009
Edith Falk, chair and CEO, Campbell and Company, Chicago-based national consulting firm serving nonprofits, elected chair, Giving USA Foundation.
November 24, 2009
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors published Solutions for Impact Investors: From Strategy to Implementation, guide to tighteniung link between making investment decisions and impact.
November 23, 2009
Nonprofits funded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation give it high marks for achieving its goals but wish it did more to communicate goals and strategies to grant recipients, says survey of over 800 Hewlett grantees by Center for Effective Philanthropy.
November 20, 2009
Advance Auto Parts in 2009 raised over $3.8 million for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in support of diabetes research, bringing total Advance has raised over 16 years to over $20 million.
November 19, 2009
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company named a Top 10 Volunteer Resource Provider in U.S. by Junior Achievement USA, with over 950 MassMutual employees and financial professionals volunteering for Junior Achievement.
November 19, 2009
Blackbaud drew 1,000 nonprofit professionals to its 10th annual nonprofit technology conference in Charleston, S.C.
November 19, 2009
Rey Ramsey, CEO and co-founder, One Economy, named president and CEO, TechNet, a national network of CEOs. Moustafa Mourad to be acting president, One Economy.
November 18, 2009
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, launched 10 years ago today with 30 companies, has grown to over 175 CEO members representing 150 major corporations and over $10 billion of annual corporate giving.
November 18, 2009
How to Be an Everyday Philanthropist, by Nicole Bouchard Boles, published by Workman Publishing.
November 17, 2009
Funders Together, national affinity group of foundations and corporate grantmakers dedicated to ending homelessness, launched new website at
www.funderstogether.org.
November 17, 2009
L.H. Bayley, board chairman, David A. Noyes & Company, named recipient. 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, Indian Chapter, Association of Fundraising Professionals.
November 17, 2009
The Power of Leveraging the Charitable Remainder Trust: Your Secret Weapon Against the War on Wealth, by Daniel G. Nigito, published by Wiley.