MPower software goes open source

Several of Children's Miracle Network's 170 hospitals were ranked in the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of top 400 charities in the U.S.: 42^nd place Sanford Health, S.D., 69^th Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 148^th Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 224^th Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 254^th Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, 367^th Texas Children's Hospital, Dallas.

Songs of Hope V music industry benefit and awards ceremony raised over $350,000 for City of Hope for cancer research.

Marguerite Barankitse, founder of Maison Shalom villages for orphans and former child soldiers in Burundi, received $1M Opus Prize for humanitarian social innovation from Opus Prize Foundation.

Lateefah Simon, former director of reentry services, Office of the San Francisco District Attorney, named executive director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Holland America Line holding On Deck for the Cure, 5K charity walk taking place on each of 500 cruises; will benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Flowers Heritage Foundation awarded Bridge-The-Gap charity funding to State of Montana AIDS Drug Assistance Program to provide medication for 13 patients on waiting list.

Nokia Foundation, Fulbright Center partnered to create distinguished chair to bring in U.S. information and communication scholars to lecture at Finnish universities.

Calvert Foundation launched its Global Impact Ventures platform to allow assets left over or awaiting grantmaking to be put to use in donor-advised funds.

Stephanie Meeks, former acting CEO, The Nature Conservancy, named president and CEO, Counterpart International Inc.

Syracuse Research Corporation, Syracuse, N.Y., named Corporate Philanthropist of the Year by Association of Fundraising Professionals for investment in education, family, community programs.

Beliefnet.com named 10 nominees for 2008 Most Inspiring Person of the Year; online voting from Nov. 17 to Dec. 5 allowing one vote per day; information online.

Share Our Strength, Clos LaChance Winery, WineStyles partnered to introduce launch Collaboration Wine to raise money to end child hunger.

Foundation Center expanded electronic grant-reporting initiative to ensure that its grant database stays up-to-date.

Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, Conn., to be named Corporate Exemplar by Educational Equity Center at the Academy for Educational Development for company's support of education.

Mediaspace Solutions delivered food-donation starter kits to clients to encourage donations to food banks during Thanksgiving season.