Non-Profit News

Honorees have contributed in diverse ways including to greater understanding of breast cancer, to the healing process of women facing breast cancer, and to the greater health of the broader community.

Soup director Amy Kaherl said her organization, which has awarded more than $67,000 to Detroit-based businesses and organizations since 2010, hasn't been able to secure additional money this year from various foundations.

That little voice nagging you to put down the cake and lace up the running shoes is increasingly coming from your employer and is likely to grow louder with a looming change under the federal health care overhaul.

Seeing images emerge from the world's worst garment industry accident hit Laura Siegel hard - then led her to take action.

Obama and Biden are expected to be at the military post on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line on Wednesday to deliver remarks to more than 1,000 service members and military spouses and over 100 employers at the Fort Campbell Veterans Jobs Summit and Career Forum.

A global network that listens for nuclear weapons detonations detected 26 asteroids that exploded in Earth's atmosphere from 2000 to 2013, data collected by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization shows.

Jon Bon Jovi's hit tune "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" took on new meaning Tuesday as the rock star cut the ribbon on a namesake housing development for low-income residents and the formerly homeless in Philadelphia.

HEALTH commissioners have come under fire after deciding to invite 'profit-making' companies to bid for the GP out-of-hours contract in East Lancashire.

Kim Longstreet, an avid volunteer and longtime Brandonite, has announced she will seek the South Centre ward seat in the upcoming Brandon municipal election.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has been awarded a $20,000 grant to bring live symphonic music to rural communities.

Leaders with the largest non-profit organization for young Cuban-Americans quietly provided strategic support for the federal government's secret "Cuban Twitter" program, connecting contractors with potential investors and even serving as paid consultants, The Associated Press has learned.

Villaraigosa, a former Assembly speaker with a possible eye on a future governor’s race, announced his support for former charter schools executive last Thursday, calling him the “only candidate with the experience needed to bring major change to California schools.” The endorsement is not entirely unexpected: In 2006, Villaraigosa ... (more)

GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner and his wife Theresa came under fire in March when a former GitHub employee, Julie Ann Horvath, accused them of harassment.

The head of a student data processing organization says it will shut down in the coming months following criticism that led to the recent loss of its last client - New York state.

The 92-year-old Spencer has won the Rea Award for lifetime achievement in short fiction, the Dungannon Foundation announced Monday.

An announcement about Lew's planned visit says he'll highlight the continued commitment of President Barack Obama's administration to the city's revitalization.

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded nearly $854,000 to Indiana arts groups, with most of that money going to the Indiana Arts Commission.

Sycamore Fire Preservation Company, a nonprofit organization made up of former and current members of the Sycamore Fire Department, is trying to raise $25,000 to restore a 1923 Stutz fire truck, the city's first motorized fire engine.

To be sure, the Republican excavation project to unearth the smoking gun proving the agency targeted right-wing " social welfare organizations " over their non-profit status will continue.

A CONCERT is being planned to raise funds to create a sensory and wheelchair-friendly garden at an Oldbury day centre for adults with learning and physical disabilities.