Incubating Ideas, Hatching Success
Alchemist Microenterprise Academy graduates its first cohort of food entrepreneurs
Operated by a local nonprofit, the Alchemist Microenterprise Academy is a business training course geared toward food entrepreneurs from underserved communities.
Charitable Giving and Philanthropy Doesn’t Excuse Bad Behavior
An ethicist explains why philanthropy is no license to do bad stuff
Studies show that people unconsciously attempt to achieve a moral balance. Social psychologists call this tendency the “moral licensing loophole.” In other words, doing good according to one’s own judgment frees people to be bad.
‘Warm’ Hotlines Deliver Help Before Mental Health Crisis Heats Up
“Warmlines,” phone lines or electronic chat options for people who are not having a full-blown mental health crisis but who could use support to stave off one. are a growing trend in mental health outreach to supplement existing hotlines. One successful warmline recently expanded to cover all of California.
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Improving Lives Through Education
United Way California Capital Region
United Way’s Square One Project aims to end poverty through early education and collaborating with schools, nonprofit organizations, businesses, government, and families to help kids attend class every day, achieve educational milestones, set high expectations, and have support for their families.
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Funding Research to Cure Cystinosis
Jenna & Patrick’s Foundation of Hope sponsored by Nor-Cal Beverage Co. Inc.
Twins Jenna and Patrick Partington have cystinosis. You’ve probably never heard of this genetic disease. Their parents hadn’t either until the children were diagnosed at 15 months of age. Both parents are healthy but carry a recessive gene that, unbeknownst to them when starting a family, combined to give the twins this rare disease.
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New Campus Benefits Students and Oak Park
St. Hope
St. HOPE proudly announces that it is renovating its PS7 Elementary, a project that will create a campus that benefits its students as well as its entire Oak Park neighborhood. “We’re hoping to break ground in 2020 on this state-of-the-art campus that will double the school’s student capacity,” says Jake Mossawir, president and CEO.
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Healing Hearts and Building Families
Agape Villages Foster Family Agency sponsored by Goldrush Getaways
Agape Villages Foster Family Agency has served more than 6,400 children in the 60 years it has been in business. As a licensed foster family agency placing children in foster homes, Agape Villages recruits and trains foster parents who care for abused and neglected children.
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Embracing Lives One Pregnancy at a Time
Sacramento Life Center
Sacramento Life Center offers a comprehensive array of resources and services to Sacramento-area women and teen girls, especially those who are pregnant with nowhere to turn. “It’s critical that our services are free because financial strain is one of the primary reasons so many pregnant women are in crisis,” notes Marie Leatherby, executive director.
Why Donors Should Stop Pressuring Nonprofits to Pinch Pennies
Rewarding charities that scrimp is less strategic than it sounds.
The end of the year is a popular time to give to charity, but no matter what time of year it is, donors want help deciding which charity to support.
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Stanford Youth Solutions + Sierra Forever Families
Committed to permanency and the empowerment of youth and families.
On July 1, two highly regarded, long-standing behavioral and mental health services, juvenile nonprofit organizations, Stanford Youth Solutions and Sierra Forever Families merged to better address the complex needs of children, youth and families.