Nuveen Real Estate Launches Global Impact Investing Sector
Nuveen Real Estate, one of the world's largest real estate investment managers, is aiming to change the world. The company, a subsidiary of TIAA, plans to invest up to $15 billion in real estate...more

Beginning As A Facebook Page, How Tribe Amrapali Now Sparkles
A 25-year-old Indian woman's idea for an online jewelry store came to her via Facebook, she tells HerStory. "We would post images captured from our phones on our phones on the Amrapali Jewels...more

Taco Bell Foundation Awards $8 Million in Live Más Scholarships to Empower Young People to Pursue Their Passions
"I know firsthand what it's like to be a young person with a dream to break convention and change an industry," Lil Nas X says in a press release announcing this year's class of "Live M's...more

KFC Foundation Awards $2 Million In Scholarships
Amanda Parks has been working at a KFC restaurant in Toledo, Ohio, for more than two years, and she's excited to hear that she'll be going to college in 2022. The 21-year-old is one of 631...more

Verona Area Education Foundation Celebrating 30 Years of Service
When it comes to giving back to the community, the Verona Area Education Foundation is known for its annual craft sale and student artist contest, but this year it's making headlines for another...more

Philanthropic Educational Organization Enters New Phase
A woman in Eureka, Ill., is donating her time and money to help people affected by the recent tornado. Marj Crowe is a member of the local chapter of PEO International, a philanthropic...more

Canada Launches Innovation Agency
"Invention is not enough." That's the message from Canada's government, which is hoping to change that with the creation of a $1 billion Canadian Innovation and Investment Agency that it says will...more

Nigeria Trains Non-Graduates Unemployed Youths On Smart Phone Repairs
If you're an unemployed young man in Nigeria, you now have a new job. The government has trained 6,475 of you to repair smart phones, the Guardian reports. The initiative is part of the...more

Harvard Team Wins Second Place In MIINT Impact Investing Competition
A team of MBA students from Harvard Business School has won a $25,000 investment in a Tunisian startup as part of a program that teaches students how to invest in social and environmental...more

Community Foundation Of Herkimer And Oneida Counties To Hold Annual Day-of-giving
Foundation: Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties
If you've never given to a charity before, September will be your lucky month. That's because the Community Foundation Herkimer and Oneida Counties in upstate New York will be holding its...more