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Discover how IDEA creates a personalized, career-connected education emphasizing real-world skills and joyful learning.

‘Helping take care of children’s medical needs in school is a step forward. Taking that away is such a step backward,’ student disabilities advocate.

On Saturday, January 25, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) students and staff participated in the National Day of Service to recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy and commitment to civic action. When volunteers set off to their service locations, to nonprofit organizations they may have never encountered otherwise, two compelling questions emerged: “What impact will we have today?” and “What impact will this service have on me?” A Warm Welcome at Gilda’s Club Like most volunteers that day, we had no personal encounter with Gilda’s Club before signing up with GVSU. As we pulled into the long driveway, we had a feeling this volunteer experience was going to be different – in a good way. The front door opened before we could even knock, and we were greeted by Denise Hillen, the organization’s enthusiastic and knowledgeable Volunteer Coordinator who had only been with the Glida’s Club for six weeks. For her ease and grace, it felt as though she had been working there for six years – due to her prior experience in volunteer coordination, she possessed a remarkable ability to make people feel welcome. Denise explained the importance of volunteers in this way: Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids could not fulfill our mission and vision of being able to provide free emotional help support to anyone navigating a cancer or grief journey, without the volunteers who work alongside the staff every day. Volunteers help with everything from making the meals for supper together to being the first welcoming face you see when entering the clubhouse. Walking into Gilda’s Club, we immediately felt a sense of home—a warm, welcoming atmosphere akin to arriving at a family gathering. In the words of Hemingway, it was “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” filled with comfortable furniture, embodying the organization’s mission of providing emotional and…

Philanthropists have been urged to ‘step forward’, as two emergency funds launched to help plug the ever-growing funding gap caused by the USAID freeze. The Rapid Response Fund to address…

New research from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) found that the uncommon size and lack of restrictions of MacKenzie Scott’s charitable gifts have not only helped those nonprofits become more financially stable but has enabled them to increase the scope of their impact.

While Elon Musk’s DOGE tries to shrink the federal government, Trump moves to expand the already giant U.S. system of incarceration.

The average student is months behind their pre-pandemic peers, and kids have lost ground in reading since 2022, a new report finds. But there’s evidence interventions are helping.

Outright International has conducted new research examining the consequences of Trump’s 90-day U.S. aid freeze on LGBTQIA+ organisations and communities worldwide. The freeze, implemented on the 24th of January 2025, has already led to widespread staff layoffs, program closures and increased violence and discrimination towards LGBTQIA+ groups.
Drawing on survey data and interviews, the report, Defunding Freedom: Impacts of US Foreign Aid Cuts on LGBTIQ People Worldwide, employs President Roosevelt’s framework of the ‘four freedoms’—freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of speech and conscience, and freedom to live with dignity—to illustrate the short—and long-term consequences of the funding cuts. 

Five Painful Pitfalls to Avoid on Donor Trips Donor trips, journeys that take funders to see the work they are investing in abroad, have long been used as a catalyst…

Donors are expected to give $2.5 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025, surpassing the $1 billion total donated in 2024.