News
Category: Misc.
TheDailyTell.com: Sharing “good news in trying times”
By Melinda McKee
August 14, 2009
Tired of hearing news that focuses on the tragic, the scandalous, the negative? We recently stumbled across the excellent online news source TheDailyTell, a site commited to reporting original news items about the good going on in our world.
Read more...“Community Giving” workshop coming up soon!
By Melinda McKee
August 12, 2009
The Philanthropy Journal's Lunch 'n' Learn series continues next week with "Community Giving: Making the Pie Bigger," a special 3-hour workshop on strenthening your nonprofit's giving in ways that are often overlooked.
Read more...NCGives director presents to Lumberton Kiwanis
August 07, 2009
This past Wednesday, NCGives Executive Director Donna Chavis was invited to speak at a luncheon for the Lumberton Kiwanis Club in Robeson, NC.
Read more...Giving is the heartbeat of community
By Donna Chavis
August 04, 2009
On average, the human heart beats more than two-and-a-half billion times without a rest. And yet, we don't stop and think about our heart beating. We take for granted that it will keep working tirelessly; beating from before we are born and maintaining life every moment until it stops.
In the same way, giving is the heartbeat of community.
Read more...Welcome to the new-and-improved NCGives.org!
By Melinda McKee
July 31, 2009
Take a look around ~ there are inspiring stories to read, helpful resources to check out, innovative ways to share and connect, and so much more.
Read more...Charitable Giving Fell by 2 Percent in 2008, ‘Giving USA’ Says
June 19, 2009
(from Philanthropy News Digest)
Charitable giving in the United States fell to an estimated $307.65 billion in 2008, a drop of 2 percent from 2007, a new report from the Giving USA Foundation finds. Read more...
The Poor Philanthropist in America
May 20, 2009
Philanthropy of Community, one of NCGives' flagship projects, derived initial inspiration from "The Poor Philanthropist: How and Why the Poor Help Each Other," a groundbreaking study on horizontal philanthropy (from the University of Cape Town).
Horizontal philanthropy can be defined as "the giving for and by community," including the poor. This article is just one more example of how we are all givers. Read more...
