Philanthropy Journal - Top NC Stories

Event raises $12,000 for MS Society

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:04:31 -0500

Second annual St. Patty’s Run Green 8K drew over 1,300 participants March 7, up 50 percent from 2009, and generated $12,000 in donations to National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Eastern North Carolina.

Tammy Lynn Center raises $192,000

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:45:56 -0500

Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities, Raleigh, raised $192,000 and attracted 1,200 guests at 25th annual A Toast to the Triangle on March 7.

Horowitz named NC LEAP director

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:23:44 -0500

Mary Anson Horowitz, former associate attorney, Gabriela J. Matthews & Associates, Durham, named director, North Carolina Lawyers Entrepreneurs Assistance Program, or NC LEAP, N.C. Bar Center, Cary.

Foundation for the Carolinas gets $1B over 10 years

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:02:44 -0500

Funds at Foundation for the Carolinas received over $1 billion from donors over past 10 years and gave $617 million to community causes.

Immigrants’ kids lack access to basic services

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:14:42 -0500

While children of immigrant families make up 15 percent of children in North Carolina, and 84 percent of them are U.S. citizens, many are “blocked out of the health-care system, pushed out of school, and relegated to the economic margins,” a new report says.

NC Prevention Partners teams with Greensboro Chamber

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:10:36 -0500

NC Prevention Partners, with support from Pfizer, launched three-year employer wellness partnership with Greensboro Chamber of Commerce.

Lambeth named to hospital association board

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:51:09 -0500

Donny C. Lambeth, president, North Carolina Baptist Hospital of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, appointed to board of trustees, North Carolina Hospital Association.

Nonprofit pay highest in Triangle

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:17:05 -0500

North Carolina nonprofits pay $60,000 in median salary to their chief executives and $40,673 in median cash compensation to all their employees, and lose staff at half the rate of U.S. industries, a new study says.

4 Friday Fellows win regional Emmy

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:14:54 -0500

Coming Out -- Coming In: Faith, Identity and Belonging, 30-minute documentary developed by four members of 2003-05 class, William C. Friday Fellows, Wildacres Leadership Initiative, received Regional Emmy, best topical documentary, from Midsouth Chapter, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

NewBridge Bank gives $13,374

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:57:50 -0500

NewBridge Bank allocated total of $13,374 for eight high schools in Davidson and Guilford counties from proceeds of bank’s 2009 Christmas Classic Basketball Tournament to purchase athletic equipment.