Non-Profit News

Wikipedia released slick new apps for iOS and Android last week with features that will end up being very useful for first-time smartphone owners in developing nations.

It will be Beirut for the viola and violin teacher, who's left Greenville, N.C., every summer for the last five years and gone to places "emerging from conflict" as part of a program for students in formerly war-torn areas.

PetSmart Charities, Inc . a nonprofit animal welfare organization separate from PetSmart, Inc. strives to save lives of homeless pets through their adoption program in all PetSmart stores and sponsored adoption events - partnering with local animal rescues and shelters, such as Phoenix's HALO Animal Rescue .

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani , Hillary Clinton , and former President Bill Clinton listen during the dedication ceremony for the National September 11 Memorial Museum on May 15, 2014 in New York City.

With paint, lumber, brushes, nails and hammers, high-schoolers from all over the country and homeowners in West Scranton came together.

It's not just a fundraising event, it's a chocolate and cheese festival. The fourth annual event, affectionately known as "chocolate fest" and benefiting Neighborhood Connections, a non-profit based in Londonderry, will be held August 4 at The Landgrove Inn.

Staff at the unit have begun turning away patients if all appointments are filled at 7.30pm, before the scheduled 8pm closing time.

Rapper-actor Ludacris speaks during the 15th anniversary celebration of Usher's New Look Foundation, Thursday, July 31, 2014, in Atlanta.

The elephants, giraffes and bears at the Oakland Zoo got to nosh on African jackfruit and bananas Wednesday thanks to a overturned big rig that dumped 60,000 pounds of fruit in Livermore near the Altamont Pass earlier in the week.

That's why the founder of One 27 Global, a Lowell-based nonprofit, is transforming Lucy Larcom Park into a midsummer paradise on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8 and 9, for an engaging food and wine festival.

Members of The Associates, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation's under-40 fundraising arm, at the Race for Open Space cocktail party this summer.

A non-profit body dedicating to the rehabilitation of acid attack victims says it is time for tougher penalties, making acid more difficult to procure and increasing awareness and sensitization in the city The Acid Survivors Foundation India, , Western India Chapter announced commencement of its operation in Mumbai and launched a campaign, 'war ... (more)

Volunteer Marissa Ma is seen here helping Elysse Mazano with back to school shopping last August.

An executive tied to a Capital Region non-profit organization has been indicted on 15 felony counts.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office arrested the former chief operating officer of Father Peter Young's sprawling non-profit organization on Wednesday.

A small Vancouver charity that helps the poor in Latin America has survived an audit of its political activities but is now struggling with fresh demands from the Canada Revenue Agency.

This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity , which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C. The 60 Plus Association - a nonprofit senior citizen advocacy group funded largely by billionaire businessmen Charles and David Koch's conservative political network - appears to have vastly ... (more)

The Travers City Record-Eagle reports Moore plans to start a weekly movie night when smaller films will be simulcast to 300 theaters across the U.S. and Canada.

In a follow-up to its long-term study of California's uninsured, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 3.4 million previously uninsured adults now have health coverage after the first open enrollment season under President Barack Obama's health overhaul.

EXPRESSIONS OF CULTURE Dance Ministries held their second annual dance recital "A Golden Evening of the Arts" on July 19, at the Alex Chatman Complex in front of a huge crowd.