Enjoy this great milestone for Cardinal Newman Academy as it starts its 3rd year!
After decades of waiting, Chesterfield arts center breaks ground this spring
The Chesterfield arts center, decades in the making, is finally set to break ground this spring.
Read about the exciting progress made by the Chesterfield Cultural Arts Foundation.
Eight in Ten Charities Raised the Same or More Funds in 2018
Over half of nonprofits (54 percent) raised more money in 2018 compared to 2017, according to AFP’s 2018 Year-End Fundraising Survey, while 28 percent raised about the same and 18 percent reported raising less money.
Acting on Faith – Cardinal Newman Academy
The timing of this article is perfect as Cardinal Newman Academy is celebrating breaking past its $30,000 on-line Christmas Challenge. It’s exciting to see the community support!
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Cardinal Newman Academy founder’s seek to fill a niche in private education.
Enjoy the Richmond Magazine article on Cardinal Newman Academy
Nearly 1.4 Billion People Worldwide Gave to Charity in 2017
In 2017, an estimated 1.4 billion people around the world gave money to a charity, a billion volunteered their time to a nonprofit, and 2.2 billion helped a stranger in need, a report from Gallup finds.
Ashland Theatre to reopen, with more than movies featured
After a $2.1 million capital campaign and nearly two years of renovation efforts, an Art Deco gem in the heart of Ashland is set to reopen Dec. 26.
Faison Center partnering with Westhampton Day School for new integrated program
Before leaving for the long Thanksgiving weekend and after eating fistfuls of gluten-free sweets, 4-year-old Ty Dorion slung his jacket over his shoulders and walked over to the adults.
He was ready to leave after an hour spent carousing around a Faison Center classroom, singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” into a toy microphone and smiling with friends and his little brother.
“Bye, everybody!” he shouted again and again, waving two tiny hands that hold his mother’s heart.
Newly launched concert promoter to handle booking for revamped Ashland Theatre
A group of local concert promoters have banded together for a new partnership.
Lucas Fritz and Matt McDonald, owners of the The Broadberry and The Camel, along with long-time promoter Jessica Gordon, The Trigger System, recently launched the Broadberry Entertainment Group…
Broadberry Entertainment will serve as the exclusive booking agent for the Ashland Theatre, a 70-year-old newly renovated venue located at 205 England St. that can seat 300 people. The theater is scheduled to open during the fourth quarter of this year, Fritz said.
A New Model for Financing Nonprofits
Not-for-profits have a new way to get financing.
NPX, a company that is developing a model for nonprofit investment, announced on Tuesday the creation of a financial instrument that ties donations and investments in charities to performance. The idea is the brainchild of Lindsay Beck, a two-time cancer survivor who I wrote about in 2013 and co-founded NPX with Catarina Schwab, and Anna Pinedo, a partner at Mayer Brown.
A $29 Million Cryptocurrency Donation Just Funded Every Project On DonorsChoose.Org
Earlier this week, the public school crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org, which lets teachers ask for contributions to fund important classroom needs or projects, had 35,647 open campaigns. Now all of them were fulfilled by a $29 million donation from Ripple, a cryptocurrency startup, which contributed that equivalent value in XRP, the digital coin that it uses in transactions.
Enjoy the entire FastCompany.com article.