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Cargill Foundation Helps 30,000 Twin Cities School Children

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off

Cargill is helping get pre-kindergartners ready for school, improve student academic performance and decrease the achievement gap between students through its ongoing support of key education programs in the Twin Cities. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Education (K-12, and higher education), Featured

First Lady Calls on Nation’s Mayors to Help Combat Childhood Obesity

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off

Yesterday, at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ winter meeting, First Lady Michelle Obama discussed the importance of healthy eating and physical activity initiatives to help combat childhood obesity in the U.S.   … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, Human services

Foundation for Jewish Culture Announces Six Grant Recipients

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off

The Foundation for Jewish Culture (FJC) announced today that it has raised a total of $818,000 from two major philanthropic foundations, the Washington, D.C.-based Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation, to be used to further enhance Jewish studies.   … Read entire article »

Filed under: Arts, Culture & Humanities, Featured

Katrina, Tsunami Lessons Can Drive Haiti Fundraising

January 20th, 2010 | Comments Off

How much will Americans end up donating to the Haitian earthquake relief efforts? If past disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the Asian tsunami provide guidance for today’s efforts, the result is likely to be in the billions. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, General fundraising, PNNOnline Various

Advice on Donating by Text Message to Haiti Relief Efforts

January 20th, 2010 | Comments Off

In the wake of the earthquake disaster in Haiti, Americans are donating via text message more than ever before. BBB Wise Giving Alliance advises donors that giving through text can be a safe and easy way to give—but you should still use caution.   … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, General fundraising, PNNOnline Various

Businesses Contribute Over $16M to Haiti Relief

January 19th, 2010 | Comments Off

In response to the ongoing crisis in Haiti, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) reports that as of 11 a.m. EST today the corporate aid pledges have already exceeded $16 million, including cash, in-kind contributions, employee-matching campaigns, and customer-engagement.  … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, Human services

Back Online!

January 13th, 2010 | Comments Off

PNNOnline is back online.  After a hacker — just because he could — completely destroyed the interface of our previous site and corrupted all of our data, we have finally reconfigured our site and are rebuilding. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, PNNOnline Various