Michael R. Bloomberg and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has announced that a joint commitment of $375 million will be used to fight international tobacco use in poor and middle income countries.

This article talks about how a new study has found that about 26% of Americans had volunteered in 2007.

It’s interesting how we equate learning with professionalism. There is a far greater chance that one’s not for profit company will be taken seriously if the workforce is learned. Many non profits are noticing this now. Click here to read the great article that details this.

The Lumina Foundation has just announced that it has awarded second quarter grants which altogether total more than $6.2 million.

A great article that talks about more than 100 national and local non profits that have pledged to take part in the ServiceNation Summit.

Great article about the possibility of not for profit foundations “saving” the quality of political journalism. Of course, we all know that non profits can do anything really, don’t we?

Wall Street Journal reports how various businesses are being created to help school fundraising to go Green.  It is some thing many nonprofits can consider.

IT was just recently announced that the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has awarded Massachusetts public libraries $8 million for upgrades to the many out of date computers that are still being used.

I support New York City Mayor’s poverty gauge.  It is a more accurate measure of the costs necessary to live.  The Federal governments standard is outdated.  The New York measures are a better gauge for what should be included in the calculation of the Living Wage of a geographic area.  The Washington Post reports the National Academy of Sciences proposed the new method to Congress in 1995.

This is a really great article. It comments on the many different ways teens from the Silicon Valley region of California are helping people all over the world. It’s true that 9/11 helped the youth of today to realize that there is more going on in the world than their high school and MTV.