News and information on the role that government, small business, the nonprofit sector and philanthropy play in creating healthy and vibrant communities.
"The Supermom", which debuted in 2010, is currently seeking new entries for its fourth season dubbed as the "Heart of Gold Edition."
Organizers of the reality TV show are looking for women who...more
Give2Asia, a US-based social enterprise that spurs philanthropic investment in Asia, has announced a new partnership with China Social Entrepreneur Foundation, also known as YouChange.
This...more
According to a research conducted by Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and 21/64 called "#NextGenDonors: Respecting Legacy, Revolutionizing Philanthropy", next generation donors of wealth...more
A new study by IIASA researchers and colleagues at the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital finds that improvements in education levels worldwide have been key drivers of...more
Elizabeth Marquardt, FamilyScholars.org editor and author, analyzes why philanthropy should be taught to primary school students.
Marquardt describes University of Maryland professor Noah D....more
A bill that streamlines various federal workforce programs, including the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is being move to the House floor within a week by the House Education and Workforce Committee....more
Washington, D.C. is currently facing family homelessness issues as it presents the latest findings showing that over a thousand families are homeless in the city.
According to Amber Harding, an...more
In the October 2013 issue of Educational Researcher (ER), it examines the role of sorting between boys and girls across public U.S. high schools in explaining the gender gap of college enrollment...more
According to a research called "Poverty impedes cognitive function" based at Princeton University, poverty and all its related concerns require draining mental energy that the poor have less...more
According to a new study from the Brown University public health researchers, if every state in the US has expanded the number of seniors getting meals by just 1 percent, more than a thousand...more
