By channeling funds to a number of nonprofits working on various issues in a given region, community foundations help solve big problems throughout California.
Community service districts can do most anything a city government can do. Here’s how they work and how to start one.
About 1.8 million veterans live in California. Here are some organizations dedicated to serving the needs of those who served America.
At hundreds of Stand Down events throughout California, veterans agencies and organizations come together to deliver life’s necessities.
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Founded as a business organization in 1915, the Kiwanis Club now serves millions of children worldwide.
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In the wake of the First World War, a group of business leaders built an international organization of more than 1,000 local service clubs in less than a decade. It has grown to be one of the biggest philanthropic organizations in the world.
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What happens when a 19th century drinking club becomes an enduring force for good? We explain.
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The organization responsible for the GI Bill and Veterans Day continues to help service members, veterans, and their families.
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The first service club is over 100 years old and still doing good in the world.
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The decades of work to win the right to vote for women was only the beginning.
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Making a better world for women and preparing women to make a better world.
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The legacy of ‘service clubs’ such as Soroptomists and Rotary lives on in a new generation of social clubs and volunteer organizations.
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The writer and Internet dynamo shares his experience and reveals what happens in the board room.
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They had to get through the pandemic, election denial and scary envelopes. While some left, counties now say they’re having better luck recruiting poll workers.
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The budget deficit, fire insurance, reparations, artificial intelligence top early legislative slate.