Research & Reports

Lean for the Social Sector

Recently, the Taproot Foundation partnered with MetLife Foundation to explore how the principles of lean management could be applied to nonprofit capacity-building challenges and empowering employees to rapidly identify and resolve issues. Our experience proved that the impact can be significant, dramatically improving efficiency to allow nonprofits the space and resources to better serve their beneficiaries. This paper shares our lessons learned from this experience with MetLife. We hope it inspires you to consider the opportunity corporate practitioners have to make the benefits of lean management available in the nonprofit sector by donating lean expertise to nonprofits pro bono.

Health & Healthcare

June is #SubaruLovestoCare Month

This June, Subaru, their retailers, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) are teaming up for the Subaru Loves to Care initiative.Together, LLS and Subaru will spread hope, love, and warmth to those fighting cancer through small gestures of caring. You can show your support too! Watch to learn more.

Philanthropy

Habitat for Humanity and Wells Fargo Team Up with Veterans to Improve 100 Homes

Local Habitat organizations will identify home improvement opportunities in their communities and lead the work with veterans and Wells Fargo volunteers to beautify homes by landscaping, painting and other improvements.

Philanthropy

Why Weatherford Rides

The Weatherford team joined thousands of cyclists and volunteers for the BP MS 150, a two-day fundraising bike ride benefiting the National MS Society.

Philanthropy

Conscious Collaboration: The New Competitive Advantage for Nonprofits

Whole Kids Foundation is a nonprofit on a mission to support schools and inspire families to improve their children's nutrition and wellness. We were established by Whole Foods Market in 2011 and operate in the U.S., UK and Canada, supporting more than ten thousand schools and reaching over five million kids.

Volunteering & Community

Arrow Electronics’ Employees and Partners Spruce Up Phoenix Ronald McDonald House

In April, as part of Arrow Electronics’ annual Logistics & Operations Management Conference, 100 Arrow employees and 40 vendor partners spent an afternoon volunteering at Roanoke House, the oldest Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) facility in Phoenix, Arizona.

Philanthropy

Ashland Safeway Re-Opens and Gives Back

As part of the celebration, the store’s director handed a thousand dollar check to the Ashland Emergency Food Bank.

Volunteering & Community

Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful Completes Successful Great American Cleanup Event

Earlier in May, Keep America Beautiful Reno, Nevada-based affiiliate Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) hosted its 11th annual Great Community Cleanup -- a local initiative of the Great American Cleanup, the nation's largest community improvement program.

Corporate Responsibility

Samsung Employees Nationwide Swap the Office for Day of Service

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today will host its bi-annual, companywide Day of Service throughout their national locations in New Jersey, New York, Texas, California and Washington, D.C. and regional offices. The event, which occurs each spring and fall, is part of the company’s overarching Samsung Gives initiative, a platform that creates service opportunities for Samsung employees to connect to meaningful causes within their own communities.

Philanthropy

The Conservation Fund Announces Nine Recipients of Healthy Foods Grants in North Carolina

The Conservation Fund today announced the grant recipients for the On Track with Healthy Foods grants program, sponsored by CSX. Nine community- and faith-based groups will receive grants to increase access to healthy foods in vulnerable and underserved communities in the Twin Counties.

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