According to a recent survey of 2,000 Britons, commissioned by the fundraising website eSolidar, fundraising attempts by British charities are, well, annoying. The survey asked respondents questions about how likely they were to donate under certain circumstances, and how they perceived certain charity practices. Overall, 74% of respondents felt “bombarded” with fundraising appeals, namely letters […]
The concept of the “grand challenge”, of tasking researchers and others with trying to answer big questions to advance their fields, was introduced to charity in 2003 with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health program. That program set aside $450 million to award grants to researchers tackling big questions in […]
UNICEF’s Kid Power program is focused on helping kids eat better around the world by providing them with healthy food. Now, they’ve joined forces with Target, who will be adding another dimension to that program: getting kids in America to be more active. Starting next month, Target will start selling fitness bands for children, which […]
In late September, the Human Rights Campaign announced a global corporate coalition to promote LGBT equality in the workplace around the world. Since 2013 the HRC has received corporate assistance to create programs that help fight discrimination worldwide with education and research. A collaboration between the HRC, The Paul E. Singer Foundation, and the Daniel […]
As many as 1 in 4 children living in Tennessee are at risk of hunger, which is why the Department of Human Services has been contracting with various non-profits around the state to help provide those children with meals and snacks. Unfortunately, the process has had significant problems. Now, Building Futures, one of the non-profits […]
Relativity Media has been in a lot of financial trouble lately, so much so that the bankrupt company will be dismantled and auctioned off on the first of October. That probably hurt a lot of investors and employees, but it turns out that the kind of empty promises that led to the company’s bankruptcy also […]
Following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, one of the most enduring images was that of 8-year-old Martin Richard holding a sign that read “No more hurting people. Peace.” Martin was killed when the second bomb went off, and the fact that he had, at a young age, identified one of the significant problems we face […]
Millions of people have been displaced by the Syrian civil war, and while governments around the world decide if or how many refugees they’ll let into their borders, private citizens are trying to help out however they can. In the United Kingdom, journalists Caitlin Moran and Pete Pephides have decided to try and do something. […]
The Syrian civil war has been going for some time now, and while the Syrian refugee situation has gotten a lot of press lately, it’s been something that groups like Save the Children and UNICEF have been working on for a while. But, following the death of three year old Aylan Kurdi, a Syrian child […]
Malaria continues to be a huge problem in Africa, as well as other places across the world where access to medical help and information are not always readily available. Though some progress has been made in treating and cutting down the number of cases, malaria has yet to be eradicated. However, many organizations around the […]