Covid-19 had a devastating impact on many businesses and forced leaders to re-evaluate their program models. It was no different for many nonprofits, especially those that relied on community support. Learn how Nicole Morris, Executive Director of Women Giving Back (WGB), an organization that provides quality clothing at no cost to women and children in […]
Youth vs. Apocalypse is a dynamic, diverse group of young climate justice activists working to lift the voices of youth, particularly working class and youth of color, in the fight for an equitable and sustainable world.
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the operator of the .ORG family of domains, today announced the beginning of its Request for Proposal (RFP) process for its Registry Service Provider (RSP) capability. PIR has established the following pre-qualification criteria for prospective respondents. A prospective respondent must represent that it: For items (1) and (9), it is understood […]
Many charity professionals described 2022 as a year of testing, as we emerged from the early difficulties of the pandemic and embraced the challenges of the “new normal”. The fundraising techniques that worked in 2019, and even in 2020, have not necessarily been carried over to today, with charities needing to adapt to fluctuating […]
Letters for Strangers began as a school club in California and now reaches teens all over the world. Learn how Diana Chao, Founder and Executive Director, grew her .ORG into the largest global youth-run non-profit focused on destigmatizing mental illness and increasing access to affordable, quality treatment. When did your school club evolve into a […]
Point Foundation’s goal is to provide LGBTQ students with educational opportunities that the community has historically struggled to achieve
I Have Cancer, and I’m Lucky by Jon Nevett, President and CEO of PIR It is obviously very difficult to hear the words “You have cancer”– my first thoughts were of the impacts on my loved ones, my work at PIR, and obviously on my own mortality. I am lucky that my cancer was discovered by chance, and as cancer goes it is the “good kind” — it is localized, non-aggressive, caught extremely early, and very treatable. Diagnosis Some background — after feeling congested for a long time, I went to a local ENT practice and they tried various non-invasive and invasive methods to relieve my symptoms. Finally, they discovered that my adenoids were enlarged and I went to a fantastic surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital who removed them. I was ecstatic that once again I could breathe clearly and people were able to understand me on the first
A conversation with Stephanie Chan, Research Manager at Stop AAPI Hate When your organization was getting started in response to anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic, what role did data play in your initial actions? From the beginning, data and research have been paramount to the growth and evolution of our coalition and our movement […]
Stop AAPI Hate’s mission is to advance equity, justice, and power by dismantling systemic racism and building a multiracial movement to end anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate.