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Seventy volunteers formed a bucket brigade to move 7 metric tons of dirt up four steep flights of steps to fill 50 kiddie pools that make up the rooftop garden that will serve two nearby food pantries. Photo courtesy of Metro Baptist Church
Big impact in the Big Apple
Metro Baptist Church and its sister nonprofit, Rauschenbusch Metro Ministries, have made the most of resources to create a thriving ministry to the poor in Hell’s Kitchen with a small budget and staff.
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Cristo Rey: Schools that work
With demanding academics and an innovative work-study program, Cristo Rey Catholic schools have thrived, sending thousands of disadvantaged students to college and creating a new and sustainable model of Catholic education.
Downtown farmer's market in Dubuque, Iowa. Photo courtesy of the city of Dubuque
Smart, sustainable success
Dubuque, Iowa, is striving to become a model of sustainability as part of an IBM public-private partnership. To do that, citizens, businesses and other institutions have been changing their behavior on a grand scale.
Dubuque waterfront on the Mississippi River. Photo courtesy of the city of Dubuque
How Dubuque embraced sustainability
The Iowa city’s partnership with IBM is built on its history of engagement within the community and outside of it.
Antony Bugg-Levine: Create a more just world
Investors reap both financial and societal benefits when they allow philanthropic ideals to influence where their money goes, according to a national expert on impact investing.
Carol Howard Merritt: Supporting startup congregations
What role does financial independence play in defining a church?
Quiz: How to fill the collection plate
Nurturing cheerful givers is more challenging than ever during an economic downturn. New research provides important insights that could boost the financial and spiritual health of congregations. Take our quiz to test your knowledge of church giving trends.
Scholarhip recipients gather at First Christian Church one Sunday each year to receive their checks and thank the congregation. Photo courtesy of First Christian Church
Building new bridges in Madison County
A small, rural Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregation in Iowa has given away more than $1 million in scholarships to the graduates of its local schools, regardless of whether they are members of the church or the denomination -- or even Christians.
Lisa Nichols Hickman: Christ the tipper
We know an individual act of generosity when we see it. But what's required to foster a culture of generosity?
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