Fundraising from time-immemorial has involved finding someone with a lot of money (a king, a patron, a wealthy landholder) and coaxing him or her to give it to you to finance your cause. Sometimes this has been with the promise of a great return on investment (Columbus seeking funding from Ferdinand and Isabella), artists seeking patronage to ( Read more... )

Thursday night, I had the opportunity to attend a brainstorming session held in a last-ditch effort to save Coro Kansas City. Coro is an awesome program that aims to foster civic engagement amoung young people by exposing them to how the various components of a city work together. In Kansas City, the program has been a 10-week summer internship, ( Read more... )