Education Program Gets Mixed Score on Innovation
Investing in Innovation, an ambitious new federal grant program, was praised for its work to promote proven ideas but said to focus too much on the “usual suspects.”
By Patrick Lester
Contributor
A Nonprofit Group in Boston Sells Foreclosed Homes Back to Their Owners
Nonprofits across the country hope to copy a lending approach that has helped poor people get affordable mortgages.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Round of Federal School-Innovation Grants Announced
The Education Department will award $150-million to nonprofits and school districts in the second round of grants for the Investing in Innovation program.
By Patrick Lester
Contributor
$500-Million in Federal Early-Education Awards Available
The Obama administration plans to spend $500-million in grants to help states expand innovative early-learning and child-care programs.
By Patrick Lester
Contributor
Promise Neighborhoods Bill Introduced in the Senate
The Senate is considering a plan to make permanent a key piece of President Obama’s push to improve education in troubled neighborhoods.
By Patrick Lester
Contributor
Live Webcast of Microfinance USA 2011
Watch a live webcast of Microfinance USA 2011, a conference that brings together investors, government officials, social entrepreneurs, businesspeople, and charity leaders to discuss the future of microfinance. The Chronicle will present a live feed of selected events from the two-day conference in…
New Social Innovation Applications Dominated by United Ways
Fewer applicants are seeking Social Innovation Fund grants during the program’s second year.
By Patrick Lester
Contributor
A Car Company and a Conservation Group Groom Innovative Leaders
A new fellowship project encourages unorthodox tactics for furthering conservation causes.
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
Contributor
Social Innovation Fund Money Hits the Streets
The Obama administration’s fund is starting to distribute money—and demonstrating what it plans to achieve.
By Patrick Lester
Contributor
Charting a New Attempt at Nonprofit Innovation
A new Chronicle blog explores the efforts by nonprofits, businesses, and the federal government to tackle problems like persistent poverty.
By Patrick Lester
Contributor
A Charity’s Move Into an Old Brewery Taps Hope for a Gritty Neighborhood
A $24-million renovation gives a social-service organization a new headquarters and offers a chance to revive a poor Baltimore neighborhood.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Group embarks on push to get $1-billion allocated by Congress for research.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
A Nonprofit Devises Smarter Ways to Help Poor People Save Money
A San Francisco charity wants to figure out why its approach to ending poverty is working so that it can spread the lessons to others nonprofits.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A New Web Site Encourages Nonprofits to Share Lessons From Their Failed Projects
A new Web site asks international charities to confess their biggest failures.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor
Webcast: Social Innovation and Community Solutions
Join us on Tuesday, February 22, at 12:15 p.m. U.S. Eastern time for a live webcast of the discussion Social Innovation and Community Solutions for a New War on Poverty.
Survival Tactics for the Scouts: Blending New and Old Traditions
As they keep changing to meet the needs of today’s kids, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts continue their century-long rivalry.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor