Impact Investing Partnership Helps Operation HOPE Serve More Families and Children
Foundation: San Diego Foundation
A new impact investing partnership between The San Diego Foundation and local nonprofit Operation HOPE – North County is recently launched to enable organizations and donors to leverage charitable...more

The Hip-Hop Transformation Goes Year-Round for Boston Youth
Foundation: Boston Foundation
The Hip-Hop Transformation (THHT), a Cambridge-based music education non-profit, is expanding from a summer program to a year-long one with help from The Boston Foundation's Shout Syndicate...more

Summit Extols Lighting a Fire to Transform Learning
The fifth annual Education Innovation Summit, with theme of "Together We are Lighting a Fire to Transform Learning," has recently kicked off at the Hot Springs Convention Center. The Summit is a...more

How to Encourage Your Students to Change Their World
An article sponsored by T-Mobile shares Alexandria Brady-Mine's experiences as one of the 30 winners of last year's first-ever T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge. The T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge is...more

Program Teaches Youth Gardening and Life Skills
The Junior Master Gardener Program in Gaylord provides an opportunity for children in the area to experience hands-on learning, while gaining knowledge and skills that directly relate to environment,...more

Cartoon Network and LA Nonprofit Launch Mentorship Program for Autistic Artists
Cartoon Network Studios and Exceptional Minds have recently launched a digital-arts mentorship program for people with autism. The inaugural pilot program will pair more than 20 Exceptional Minds...more

$40 million Lilly Endowment Grant to Support STEM Students and Jobs
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
Purdue University recently announced a $40 million Lilly Endowment grant to Purdue Research Foundation. The grant aims to help create Purdue's Engineering and Polytechnic Gateway Complex, a project...more

Social Enterprise Cook School Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
The Larder Cook School in West Lothian is a social enterprise that trains young people for a career in the food business. Recently, the school has launched a crowdfunder to help it teach another 80...more

Digital Arts Programs Allow Students To Develop Leadership Skills
The Long Beach Community Action Partnership's (LBCAP) Leadership Academy Mentoring Program (LAMP) helps students to develop their leadership and creative skills. According to Darick Simpson,...more

CyberSTEAM Program Rolled Out in Newport News Public Schools
A new CyberSTEAM program will be introduced to seven Newport News Public Schools this fall, and it's going to remain for at least the next four years. Around 45 elementary and middle school...more