Displaying items by tag: Nonprofit Organizations

When Dorchester resident Michelle Miller Groves named her startup Social Good Marketing, she knew she would have to do something to impact the community. By targeting her integrated marketing services to nonprofits and setting up an internship program helping college students get experience with small businesses, she has done just that....

The Bank of the West awarded $210,000 in cash grants during its third annual philanthropy award program that took place in San Francisco on November 13.BlackGirlsCode, a nonprofit devoted to promoting young women of color in the technology industry was recognized as one of three winning laureates and received a $50,000 grant.BlackGirlsCode reaches...

The death of Jam Master Jay in 2002 and the “bad rap” Hip-Hop was receiving at the time was the push Tamekia Flowers-Holland needed to found “Hip-Hop 4 Life,” a nonprofit out of New York City with a double mission to foster positive youth development while shining a better light on Hip-Hop culture.A long history working with young...

theGRIO REPORT - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's charity Yele Haiti has closed down following the resignation of its chief executive, Derek Q. Johnson......