Integrated Wealth Management providing $150,000 title sponsorship for 2009 Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards Gala benefiting Desert AIDS project; Jim Casey, president and CEO, Integrated Wealth, serving as co-chair.
- August 19, 2008National 4-H Council and 3M Foundation launched Power of the Wind program to provide education in alternative-energy generation.
- August 19, 2008Kevin A. Lynch, former interim CEO, National Industries for the Blind, named president and CEO.
- August 19, 2008Ted Grossnickle, Derrick Feldmann and Dave Sternberg launched Achieve LLC, Indiana-based consulting firm serving small and medium-sized nonprofits.
- August 19, 2008Arcus Foundation published 2007 annual report; available online.
- August 19, 2008
Lawrence Mendenhall, former deputy director of legal affairs, Pew Charitable Trusts, named in-house general counsel, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
- August 19, 2008Greener Diamond Foundation launched to educate consumers on the effects of diamond mining in war-torn Africa, aid African community organizations.
- August 19, 2008Bradley Jensen, formerly of Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug Development, named CFO, American Foundation for AIDS Research.
- August 19, 2008Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers raised over $14,000 for Share Our Strength to help end childhood hunger in America.
- August 19, 2008Obsessive Compulsive Foundation launched Speakers Bureau to raise awareness about obsessive compulsive disorder.
- August 19, 2008John Wiley & Sons published "Yours for the Asking," guide to fundraising by Reynold Levy.
- August 19, 2008Barbara Chow, former budget committee policy director, U.S. House of Representatives, named director of education program, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
- August 19, 2008Philadelphia Foundation commissioned a study of nonprofits in southeastern Pennsylvania to find out how to help nonprofits become self-sustaining.
- August 19, 2008T.J. Maxx partnering with Save the Children to offer online sweepstakes, in-store donation program benefiting children's literacy, nutrition, fitness programs.
- August 14, 2008Aron Govil, producer of "Shoot on Sight," to donate portion of film's proceeds to 7/7 London Bombings Victims Memorial.
- August 14, 2008Direct Marketing Association's Nonprofit Federation named Operation Smile its 2008 Nonprofit Organization of the Year.