Giving circle repairs homes, race relations

August 25, 2008

(from Philanthropy Journal, by Julia Vail)

RALEIGH, N.C. — When the Way Out Giving Circle awarded its first round of grants in May, its members could not foresee the tremendous changes their gifts would set in motion.

The first gift was a $500 donation to Hayes Place, a shelter in Raleigh for homeless women and their children. The second was a $1,000 gift to People Helping People South East, a Wake County-based organization that helps low-income families and single mothers repair their homes.

The circle's biggest gift, however, was putting these two organizations in touch with each other, requesting that People Helping People use its donation to benefit Hayes Place. Read more

Youth giving focus of statewide network

August 25, 2008

(from Philanthropy Journal, by Todd Cohen)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg received $400 to support Walk in My Shoes, a mentoring project created by students at Phillip O'Berry Academy High School to help lower-classmen learn from upper-classmen about navigating the school and its social networks. Read more...

Fundraising Fuels Social Change

August 18, 2008

(from Philanthropy Journal, by Todd Cohen)

Charitable fundraisers are critical to the job fixing our communities, and our communities are taking on a dramatically new look.

With non-white minorities now expected to become the majority of the U.S. population in 2042, eight years earlier than previously projected, fundraisers have an unprecedented opportunity to help transform their organizations and philanthropy.

The challenge is to engage the emerging American majority in the charitable marketplace. Click here to view full article.

“A Circle With a Deep Center”

August 08, 2008

(from The Washington Post, by Phillip Rucker)

About two dozen women, in bright summer dresses and bare feet, formed a circle around Claudia Thorne's dining table and held hands. They were there to enjoy fellowship and to feast on Thorne's signature salmon, curried shrimp salad and mango ginger ale. Read more...

Younger Donors as Generous as Other Generations, Report Finds

May 16, 2008

Donors across all generations tend to give roughly the same amount to philanthropic causes when controlling for other factors such as income, education, and frequency of attendance at religious services, a new report from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University finds. Read more...

Every Season Is a Season of Giving

By Donna Chavis

May 16, 2008

Americans Give In Every Season

Over the winter holiday season, special events celebrate individuals and groups that keep our society functioning in more equitable and humane ways year-round.

For this reason, the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is often referred to as "the Season of Giving." Read more...

The Treasure of Time

By Dan E. Moore

May 09, 2008

North Carolinians Gave Time Worth $3.5 Billion in 2006

The value of volunteer time is often overlooked and is difficult to measure, yet it is a critical component of community building and philanthropy. NCGives has pulled information from a variety of sources to show that North Carolinians volunteered more than 206.4 million hours in 2006. By conservative estimate, this time was worth more than $3.5 billion. Read more...

The Beehive is Buzzing!

April 23, 2008

Last fall, we highlighted an emerging giving circle in Raleigh, NC, that NCGives partner Creative Philanthropy helped to get off the ground (see story here). Next Thursday, May 1, 2008, The Beehive Collective is hosting their first public kick-off event for young women in the Raleigh area! Read more...

North Carolina Grants Top $1 Billion in 2006

March 17, 2008

NCGives is pleased to release a study which reveals that North Carolina foundations reached a new milestone in charitable giving in fiscal year 2006, with grants totaling $1,083,686,607.