Newman's Own Foundation Will Award $30 Million in 2012 Grants
The largest one-year grant total in the company's history will be awarded to organizations working in four high-impact focus areas: nutrition, children with life-limiting conditions, empowerment, and the encouragement of philanthropy....
Charles Bronfman Prize Awarded to Founder of Veterans Service Organization
Now in its eighth year, the $100,000 prize recognizes a humanitarian under the age of 50 whose work has contributed significantly to the betterment of the world and is informed and fueled by Jewish values....
Number of Children Raised by Relatives, Family Friends Continues to Climb, Report Finds
According to a report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the number of children raised in kinship care — that is, by grandparents or other relatives or family friends — has increased 18 percent over the past decade....
Life Technologies Commits $3 Million to Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
The pledge will support an interactive display being developed by NMNH in partnership with the National Human Genome Research Institute to mark the tenth anniversary of the Human Genome Project....
Jamie Cooper-Hohn of the UK-based Children's Investment Fund Foundation talks with Caroline Hartnell about the organization's investment-oriented strategy..... 
Jim Lynch interviews James Irvine Foundation IT director Jeff Brandenburg about the Microsoft software donation program, which is now available to foundations....
Speakeasy's monthly open-mic series invites experienced and first-time performers to share true stories with an engaged audience in under seven minutes....
The Web site of Creating Quality, launched February, provides resources for those interested in improving arts education and creative learning in schools as well as other learning programs....
On the blog, Regina chats with social media law expert Andrew Hollander about what nonprofits can do to protect themselves online, and the weekend crew checks in with its weekend link roundup....
