National Environmental Education Foundation and Student Conservation Association to plant 1M trees by National Public Lands Day, Sept. 27.
- December 4, 2008American Express, National Trust for Historic Preservation partnered to fund eight historic preservation projects in San Francisco's Bay Area.
- December 4, 2008CA, Inc. released first corporate sustainability report, available online.
- December 4, 2008Lambda 10 project released resource guide for fraternities and sororities on subject of transgender students.
- December 4, 2008Cliff Rosenthal, president, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, received Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Lending from Federal Reserve.
- December 4, 2008Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund offers Gift4Giving eGift to send money that recipients can direct to the charities of their choice.
- December 4, 2008Salvation Army Southern Territory selected Blackbaud Enterprise CRM for database support and information sharing.
- December 4, 2008Razoo announced public availability of its donor-driven online charity platform for donation, news and charitable-portfolio management.
- December 4, 2008Spitfire Strategies and Communications Leadership Institute published Just Enough Planning Guide for planning campaigns; free online.
- December 4, 2008Ruth Ann Harnisch, president, Harnisch Foundation, named to board, International Coaching Federation Foundation.
- December 4, 2008Dogpile.com users donated $100,000 to American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals through Search and Rescue toolbar application.
- December 4, 2008Alfred Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering launched website to give foundation background, show how biomedical technologies are developed and marketed.
- December 2, 2008Dan Darby, former retirement plan consultant, Morgan Stanley, named nonprofit market specialist, MassMutual; Aston Blake, former defined contribution employee, CIGNA, named nonprofit sales consultant.
- December 2, 2008Fred Waugh, former VP of marketing, Convio, named VP of alliances.
- December 2, 2008Sara Spivey, former VP of marketing and business development, rPath Inc., named chief marketing officer, Convio.
- December 2, 2008Dreams for Kids to hold Holiday of Hope celebration, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dec. 20, IBEW Local #134 Hall, Chicago; call 312.729.5404 for information.