NONPROFITS

NorthWestern Energy’s Charitable Giving Program http://www.northwesternenergy.com/display.aspx?Page=Charitable_Giving_Application&Item=89 is seeking proposals from non-profit organizations to partner with the utility’s employee volunteer effort for the upcoming coming year.

Dreams without plans remain dreams. Dreams with plans become reality.

Shift My Gift http://www.shiftmygift.com/ enables anyone, anywhere, to celebrate any event in their lives by diverting gifts which would have been given to them, to any charities and nonprofits they care about.

The concept is simple, at least in words: Create a nonprofit organization to purchase, renovate and run the Wilma as a community theater where the existing array of films and concerts would share time with performances by local arts groups, lectures and other community events.

GiveWell now ranks organizations according to five criteria

Reality Check: Why Non-Profits Need to Evaluate Their Pay Practices in Today’s Economy

Huey Lewis has a residence in the Bitterroot Valley south of Missoula and is a friend of John Tyson, the chairman of the Arkansas-based food company.

These encore fellowships could have a disproportionate benefit to Oregon, Intel’s largest operating hub. The California-based company has 16,000 employees in the state, more than any other business.

To help encourage more creativity, the Alliance for Global Good http://afgg.org/, a nonprofit group that promotes philanthropic efficiency and effectiveness, has established a fund to support charitable organizations that come up with new business models. The alliance’s Innovation Fund will initially have about $10 million.