"This decision tears my heart out. We had to make a very difficult choice. That of turning away women who come to the Mission with children or women who come alone," said Warren Currie, CEO of the Union Rescue Mission on the day it was decided to close the doors on the homeless shelter for single women. To help the Union Rescue Mission, the American Association of Single People announced an $80,000 challenge grant to help reopen the shelter.

There are only a few hours left for people to participate in "eBids from the Heart", an online auction that is turning in-kind donated goods into cash. Money will go to fund the American Heart Association's education and research programs.

Blackbaud, a leading provider of fundraising software, has acquired Core Data Services to create a new business unit designed to enhance nonprofits' ability to attract donors.