US: Grassroots groups get more bang for donors' bucks
4 March 2010 | IPS-Inter Press Service
While "community organising" has become a punch line for late-night comedians since the election of Barack Obama as US president, the activity "delivers enormous benefits to communities," according to a new study conducted by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP). MORE
International Year of Volunteers + 10 (IYV+10)
2 February 2010 | World Volunteer Web
The year 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV) in 2001. There's opportunities throughout 2011 to showcase the diversity, breadth and depth of volunteering worldwide, raise the profile of volunteering and mobilise many more volunteers. MORE