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'Lemonade Detroit' film shares stories of resilienceDocumentary film by Erik Prouix highlights the resilience of Detroit while paying for itself through a Buy-A-Frame offer
Bringing quicker, easier solar power to rural AfricaSolarNexus custom designs small solar power systems so that they can be easily installed in the field, providing a kick-start to the local economy.
ICNL wins $1 million MacArthur Award to promote freedom of assembly around the worldThe ICNL(International Center for Not-for-Profit Law) received $1 million from the MacArthur Foundation to advance its mission of creating a legal framework for the right of assembly and association in countries around the world.
Turning the opinions of Arab Spring youths into data – and creating changeSilatech and Gallup have teamed to collect detailed data on the views of Arab youths toward jobs and success – all to help policymakers make better decisions.
Crisis Action makes a big noise using quiet citizen diplomacyCrisis Action acts like a coach or talent scout for humanitarian and other citizen groups – but always behind the scenes.
Solar power: cheap electricity for world’s poorMore than a billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. The best way to bring it to them is to provide ever-cheaper, clean, locally produced solar power that can replace dirty and dangerous kerosene.
Five private companies helping to reduce hungerPepsico, Kraft, Cargill, Land O' Lakes, and TNT Express are among many companies that have created nonprofit divisions to help alleviate hunger in developing countries.
Question Box helps people Google can't reachMillions of people in the developing world lack internet access and the ability to 'Google' an answer to their questions. Question Box provides a simple solution.
What women really want for Valentine's Day: more freedomThe biggest Valentine's Day gift to women would be more freedom to make their own choices about when and how often to give birth, says Worldwatch Institute president Robert Engelman.
Five reasons to serve othersWhen you serve, you discover that often the most important things you have to offer are not things at all, says the founder of Servicespace.org
Paddling down the Colorado River to surface its secretsWill Stauffer-Norris and Zak Podmore traveled 1,700 miles to assess the state of the beautiful but threatened Colorado River.
Thistle Farms cultivates a better alternative to life on the streetsEpiscopal priest Becca Stevens founded Thistle Farms – which makes bath oils, candles, and thistle paper – to help women in trouble reboot their lives.
Can Facebook pursue a social mission and go public at the same time?Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is about more than making money – it has a 'social mission to make the world more open and connected.' Are the two goals compatible?
As tensions over wealth gap rise, the rich are giving moreThe top 50 charitable donors gave more in 2011: Are the super rich feeling the sting of public opinion?
Super Bowl puts spotlight on philanthropist's lifeMyra Kraft's good works inspire Patriots football players and the New England region.
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman urge fans to help AfricaIn a show of corporate social responsibility, DC Comics unleashes its superheroes on the problems in the Horn of Africa
Super Bowl pizzas give US troops a taste of homeThrough Pizzas4Patriots Mark and Kent Evans send thousands of pizzas to US troops stationed overseas on Super Bowl Sunday and the 4th of July.
Alison Smith works to reform campaign finance by using public fundsShe helped pass a campaign finance reform law in Maine where candidates qualify for public funds and are beholden only to voters.
John-Paul Maxfield aims to put nutrients from food waste back into the soilWaste Farmers collects organic waste and creates organic agricultural products like fertilizer, potting soil, biochar, and compost tea.
How Haiti is fighting poverty by killing cashWith many of Haiti's physical banks destroyed, Haitians are beginning to rely on their cell phones as 'mobile wallets.'
