Philanthropy
Universal Technical Institute and IGNITE Worldwide Award Tuition Grants To Female Students Pursuing STEM Education This Fall
Top three winners earn a combined $50,000 in awards. Universal Technical Institute (UTI) has awarded tuition grants to three female students planning to pursue a STEM education and career after they graduate high school. All three applied through a grant program sponsored by UTI and IGNITE Worldwide, a non-profit organization working to change gender and racial equity in STEM. The students earned a combined $50,000 in total grants to cover a significant portion of their future UTI tuition.
Families Collect School Supplies for Children in Need
As the new school year approaches, shoebox packers are making use of back-to-school prices to purchase gifts and essential items for children in need around the world. They are collecting school supplies along with hygiene items and fun toys, to pack in shoeboxes. Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, will deliver these gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 100 countries.
Virtuous Expands How They Help Nonprofits Grow By Acquiring VOMO, the Innovative Volunteer Management Platform
Virtuous, the world’s fastest growing nonprofit CRM and responsive fundraising platform, announced today it has acquired VOMO, the award-winning volunteer mobilization platform designed to recruit new volunteers, manage the volunteer experience, and activate volunteers to grow giving. With VOMO, Virtuous will further enable nonprofits to deliver highly personalized and responsive experiences for their supporters at scale. […]
St. Baldrick’s Foundation Funds $8.9 Million In Grants To Support The Most Promising Childhood Cancer Research
No hospital has a monopoly on good ideas. This is why the St. Baldrick’s Foundation funds the most promising research — no matter where it takes place – from your backyard institution to other cutting edge research facilities treating childhood cancers around the globe. Since 2005, this philosophy has translated to more than 1,674 grants in 31 countries, totaling more than $322 million. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of volunteers, donors, partners and advocates across the country this past year, St. Baldrick’s is proud to announce $8.9 million has been awarded in new grants.
CC Young Is Celebrating Its Centennial Anniversary, Marking 100 Years Of Serving Seniors In Our Community
CC Young, a premier, non-profit senior living community located near White Rock Lake in Dallas, is celebrating its Centennial this year, a milestone that will honor CC Young’s legacy and achievement since receiving its charter as a home for the elderly in 1922. CC Young’s mission continues with the same mission and ministry as its founder, Reverend Christopher Conley Young, envisioned: serving others and fostering premier environments where every life at every age is valued and enriched.