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Your biweekly roundup of media coverage on the world of nonprofit and philanthropy (yee-ha.)
Economy
Foundations Trim Staffs After Assets Slide Lower
(New York Times) Racked by steep declines in the value of their assets, the nation’s foundations are paring their staffs in large numbers.
Kiva Takes a Righteous Risk: Offers Peer-to-Peer Lending in the U.S.
(On Philanthropy) The timing seems right. In the midst of the deepest American recession since the Great Depression, peer-to-peer microlending pioneer Kiva.org has opened the doors to its long-planned domestic lending program.
MN Nonprofits Facing More Needs, Fewer Resources
(WCCO) Brenda Voigt, the manager of the food shelf in Litchfield, neatly summarized the problem facing many nonprofit social service providers in this economic downturn. “More people are coming to us, but we don’t have as much to give,” she said.
Local
Ten Organizations Given Grants by Nonprofit Group
(St. Cloud Times) The Initiative Foundation of Little Falls has given out 10 grants for a total of $31,000 to some Central Minnesota communities.
Moai initiative kicks off
(Albert Lea Tribune) Leaders with the AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project kicked off the walking moai initiative Thursday night for Albert Lea residents interested in boosting their social connections, friendships, physical activity and overall good habits.
Group Tries To Save Dying Bird Population
(Northland Newsletter) People looking up at the high stacks of the Clay Boswell Power Plant in Grand Rapids saw more than just clouds Thursday. Power plant officials united with environmentalists to help the Peregrine Falcon population get back on its feet as Boua Xiong reports.
National
Drop by drop, a Current of Young Philanthropy Grows
(The Seattle Times) Adnan Mahmud’s inspiration to create a new kind of charity started when he passed a stranger at a cemetery.
Early Reviews of The Philanthropist
(The Chronicle of Philanthropy) Is the popcorn ready? Beer and soda chilling? And may be a few rotten tomatoes on hand to throw at the television screen? Then you’re ready for tonight’s debut of “The Philanthropist.”
National Community Service Initiative Launched, Leveraged by Organizations Across the Country
(PND) The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced that it will lead a national, twelve-week initiative developed by the Obama administration to stimulate economic growth and encourage community service through volunteerism.
New Project Seeks to Address ‘Unconscious’ Racial Biases
(Indian Country Today) A project sponsored by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is working to find new ways to promote racial equality and fairness in America. Americans for American Values is a nonprofit organization that will research the effects of “unconscious racial bias” on decision making and will develop strategies to support decision making based on consciously-held American values rather than on racial anxiety and stereotypes.
-Cary Lenore Walski, MCF Web Communications Associate
