Non-Profit News

The string of intentionally set fires drew $54,000 in donations from the public, as well as $18,000 from foundations, as the nonprofit said it would step up security.

It's not the way a typical teenager spends a Friday afternoon, testing fuel levels on a small four-seat plane, but 17-year-old Yves Bellevue of Boston is among the first in a program that aims to help disadvantaged teens or kids fighting illness to 'rise above it all'.

Weeks after somebody stole a little girl's special needs tricycle from her house in Glendale, she's riding again! It came from a non-profit called " The Suzy Foundation " which reached out to help after our initial story aired.

International Women's Day is coming up on March 8, with men and women worldwide celebrating gains in women's social and political issues and economic advancement.

Some nonprofits provide services directly to a community or cause. Others provide the tools that other groups need to succeed.

With its plan to use eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages still in limbo, the city is mulling the possibility of green lighting another program aimed at its troubled housing market.

The Shelby Civitan and Junior Civitan groups recently planted the largest single plot of potatoes in the history of the Cleveland County Potato Project, according to organizers.

Mark Bergel of Silver Spring was recently named a 2014 CNN Hero for his charity's work helping area families in need furnish their homes, providing adult education classes, and offering comprehensive job support.

With Missouri apparently lagging behind in health insurance sign-ups, advocates are launching a concerted push this weekend to enroll people through a federally run insurance website before an impending deadline.

A judge has granted a temporary order stopping a raffle of the 27 puppies rescued from a Las Vegas business that authorities say a woman and a man tried to torch.

Last week, 19-year-old California university student Adeline Munguia was reported missing after she stopped responding to Snapchats and texts from her roommate.

Privacy advocates have asked U.S. regulators to halt Facebook Inc's $19 billion acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp until there is a clearer understanding of how the company intends to use the personal data of WhatsApp's 450 million users.

Angela Williams Williams was surprised Thursday with a $10,000 wardrobe by celebrity stylist Sam Russell, founder of the non-profit Giving Closet.

An election campaign now being fought almost completely out of public view could radically alter the way California's school children are taught.

Women and teen girls participating in a study that provided free birth control did not take up riskier sexual practices as a result, contrary to fears among some social conservatives, a new study shows.

Government spying programs have given metadata a bad rap, but human rights groups are using it to verify the authenticity of eyewitness footage Metadata has had a bad rap lately, with disclosures tying its collection to government spying programs .

One of the more common referrals we get at Dove Valley Animal Hospital is for a second opinion on Anterior Cruciate Ligament rupture.

For years, environmentalists and the gas drilling industry have been in a pitched battle over the possible health implications of hydro fracking.

The executive director of the Los Altos nonprofit had just reported the group was in excellent financial shape, ready to embark on its 65th concert season.

The Linux Foundation will offer a Linux development course on edX , the massive open online course platform developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.