On May 8th, join a unique dialogue on child, maternal, and reproductive health at Mom+Social, a one-day event "focused on motherhood and the role of social media, technology, and philanthropy to improve the health of moms and children everywhere."

The event will be held at the 92Y Tribeca in New York City and on Livestream from 9:00am EST – 6pm EST. The program includes discussions on empowering girls, supporting maternal and newborn health, addressing issues that endanger women globally, and uniting mothers for change.  Several speakers will take the stage, including Jennifer Lopez, Christy Turlington, Ann Curry and Mrs. Ban Soon-Taek, Spouse of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon.

Mom+Social concludes the Global Mom Relay, a 60-day online conversation connecting moms and leading experts in 141 countries to discuss ways to improve the health of mothers and children around the world.

Follow the conversation at #MomPlusSocial and #globalmom ...

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On Friday, YouTube, along with See3 Communications and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), announced the winners of the fourth annual DoGooder Video Awards.

The awards recognized the best nonprofit and cause videos of 2013 in four different categories. This year was also the first time videos were accepted from individuals as well as nonprofit organizations

The Rainforest Alliance's humorous take on conservation awareness, Follow the Frog, took home the Best Nonprofit Video Award, which honors a nonprofit's use of video to make change.

How to Shock a Celebrity, the Sabin Vaccine Institute's effective video for their campaign to end seven Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) won in the Impact X category.

The Funny For Good Award went to Pathfinder's No Joke. Choice Matters Everywhere, which addresses the importance of easy access to reproductive health care for women.

The Change Agent Award for individual effort was given to ...

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The next time you do a Google search on a nonprofit, take a look at the right-hand side of the results page. You may now find key information on the organization in the Knowledge Graph, that box of facts on your search topic that started showing up on Google's results pages last year.

Google made the announcement earlier this week that it has started to fill its Knowledge Graph with information about nonprofits:

"We’ve just started to add information about nonprofits to the Knowledge Graph. When you search for a nonprofit organization on Google.com, you will start to see information to the right side of the search results that highlights the nonprofit's financials, cause, and recent Google+ posts. Start following the organization on Google+ directly from the panel by clicking the Follow button. To learn more about related nonprofits, click on one of the organizations under ...

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Volunteers are vital to any successful nonprofit. Next month, these exceptional individuals will be celebrated during National Volunteer Week (April 21-27).

Bringing recognition to the work of volunteers since 1974, National Volunteer Week "focuses national attention on the impact and power of volunteerism and service as an integral aspect of our civic leadership. The week draws the support and endorsement of the president and Congress, governors, mayors and municipal leaders, as well as corporate and community groups across the country."

In recognition of the week, the Philanthropy Journal (PJ) wants to honor outstanding volunteers. PJ is asking its readers to nominate extraordinary volunteers in three categories for a total of 12 awards: Adult Volunteer, Youth Volunteer and Volunteer Services Coordinator. To nominate your favorite volunteer, click here. Entries must be received by Friday, March 29.

Here are some other volunteer recognition programs:

The President's Volunteer Service Award was created ...

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Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 DoGooder Video Awards. Presented by YouTube, See3 Communications, and the Nonprofit Technology Network, the DoGooder Awards will honor the best nonprofit videos of the year.

Any nonprofit that made a video in 2012 is eligible to apply, and this year, for the first time, the submissions will also be open to individuals who are creating inspiring "videos for good."

According to The Official YouTube Blog, winners will be chosen in four categories: the ImpactX Award for videos that demonstrated impact for their causes; the Best Nonprofit Video, honoring nonprofits' use of video to make change; the Funny for Good Award, recognizing effective use of comedy to make people take action; and the Change Agent Award, for individuals who’ve been inspired to speak out on an issue by making a video.

“We are excited to present another year of the DoGooder Video ...

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Now in its 12th year, The Green Festival, the nation's largest green consumer event, is returning to New York on Earth Day Weekend to celebrate the green community.

Attendees will be able to shop for eco-friendly products, have a drink at the organic beer and wine garden, watch a film at the Sierra Club Green Cinema and hear from keynote speakers and leaders in the environmental community. The festival will also feature music, healthy vegetarian and vegan cuisine, DIY workshops, cooking demos and a Green Kid's Zone.

On Friday, April 19, from 3 -7 p.m., the festival will launch the first NYC business-to-business (B2B) Green Trade Day, which will allow retail and wholesale buyers to conduct business with the event's exhibitors before they are open to the public.

In New York for the second year in a row, the Green Festival will be held in the ...

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The first GoodxGlobal, a day focusing on social good, technology and entrepreneurship, will be held at Austin City Hall, Austin, TX, on March 10th. The forum will take place the same week as South by Southwest 2013.

Hosted by World Food Program USA, United Nations Foundation and Social Good Summit Austin, and presented in collaboration with the Social Good Summit, Sunshine Sachs, We Are Women Online, Ushahidi and iHub, the day will include panel discussions, talks, and breakouts from 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

According to the GoodxGlobal website, the forum "will showcase tech-driven approaches to aid effectiveness, mobile innovation, women's empowerment, global North-South digital campaigning, social entrepreneurship in action, impact funding for good and more."

The event will be live-streamed to a global audience online. You can join the conversation on Twitter @GoodxGlobal.

For more information on the event, including a list of speakers ...

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Valentine’s Day has become a popular holiday to show love not only to your significant other but also to your favorite charity or cause. There is even a movement to turn February 14^th into Generosity Day, a day to celebrate acts of kindness and “to create more space for generosity.” 

Many local charities are using fashion shows, auctions and Valentine’s Day-themed parties to raise funds. Here are two global events using the hearts-and-flowers-day to increase awareness on important issues:

Cupid Undie Run

Last weekend, people around the country ran half-naked in the cold to benefit the Children’s Tumor Foundation during Cupid’s Undie Run.  On Saturday, February 16^th, even more participants will strip down to their skivvies in Cleveland, St. Louis, and New York.

All donations to the run go directly to The Children’s Tumor Foundation, an organization dedicated to ending neurofibromatosis, a debilitating ...

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A new grant-making foundation has pledged to give away $1,000 a day this year to support individuals’ grassroots efforts to make the world a better place.

The project was the idea of 39-year-old Dallas-based real-estate developer and philanthropist Ariel Nessel, who found that, although he was regularly donating money to his favorite causes, he was still feeling unfulfilled.

“I was writing, say, 12 big checks a year, but that form of being generous didn’t leave me feeling nurtured inside,” Nessel told The Chronicle of Philanthropy. “I thought, instead of giving a few times a year, why not give every day, and right to the people who are doing the work?”

Nessel teamed up with his sister-in-law, Stephanie Klempner, to start The Pollination Project, which, on January 1 of this year, began giving away $1,000 seed grants daily. Nessel has pledged his own money to the effort, and ...

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Well, here is a new take on fundraising.

A recently-launched startup called Moolta is enabling users to raise money by creating and completing dares, or "challenges."  Friends challenge each other to do something difficult or (more likely) embarrassing, and then get people they know to donate money if the dare is completed. Once the task is completed and a video documenting the antic is posted on the platform, the prize money can be claimed.

While successful challenge participants can opt to claim cash prizes, the platform can also be used as a way to earn money for charity. Moolta has partnered with FirstGiving.com to channel its donations to non-profits.

For example, one user named Adam is attempting to raise $1000 for the NYC-based Robin Hood Foundation by climbing the 1,000 stairs of the Empire State Building. As of this writing, he is 60% of the way towards his ...