June 3, 2008
Lane Alexander, executive artistic director, Chicago Human Rhythm Project, promoted to director; Martin Dumas, choreographer, named associate director.
October 2, 2008
Nonprofit Center at La Salle University, Philadelphia, organizing CLEAR Circle support groups for nonprofit executive directors for meeting and discussion; call 215.951.1701 for information.
October 2, 2008
Targeted Solutions offering TA Matching Fund Grant for capacity-building services to nonprofits serving children, youth in Philadelphia area; apply
online.
October 2, 2008
JMT Consulting Group, serving nonprofits, acquired NFP Consultants, value-added reseller serving nonprofits, tribes, governmental organizations.
October 2, 2008
Adobe Systems created Adobe Foundation to manage Adobe Youth Voices program, which offers digital-tools training to underserved youths.
October 2, 2008
Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Ky., Children's Hospital Foundation, Norton Healthcare announced $208M Just for Kids campaign to benefit hospital.
October 2, 2008
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy named board members: Robert Edgar, president and CEO, Common Cause; Pablo Eisenberg, senior fellow, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute; Priscilla Hung, co-director, Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training.
October 2, 2008
James Irvine Foundation published
report on California Votes Initiative to encourage voter participation in low-income, minority communities.
October 2, 2008
Jacqueline S. Mata, former executive director, named chief operations officer, KDK-Harman Foundation, Austin, Texas.
October 2, 2008
Neeraj Mistry, founder, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, named senior VP, APCO Worldwide.
September 30, 2008
Larry E. Thomas, founder, Guitar Center Music Foundation, to be first recipient of California United Bank Community Service Award.
September 30, 2008
Artist Lin Evola-Smidt launched Art of Peace Charitable Trust to foster peace through art and education and convert weapon stockpiles into art objects.
September 30, 2008
DePaul University received total of $1.2M in grants from Polk Bros. Foundation, National Science Foundation, Autism Speaks Family Community, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
September 30, 2008
Bryan Van Dorpe, former executive director, South Boston Neighborhood House, named executive director, Youth Enrichment Services, Boston.
September 30, 2008
Liz Smith, journalist and writer, and Gerald L. Storch, chairman and CEO, Toys "R" Us, honored by New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for their efforts to benefit youth.
September 30, 2008
Steven W. Young, former administrative director, General Clinical Research Centers, named president, Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute.
