The redeveloped Swift Factory -- a former manufacturing center that's been transformed into a commercial and community hub -- will use a $900,000 contribution from the Community Investment Fund and $3.5 million from the US government to build a 5,000-square-foot job-training and day care space. People who want to upskill, start over or explore entrepreneurship will have access to on-site child care assistance, North Hartford Partnership Executive Director Brenda Watson says. 

Revived Soldiers Ukraine, a nonprofit based in Orlando, Fla., works with Prosthetic and Orthotics Associates to help injured Ukrainian soldiers, some of whom lost limbs in the ongoing war with Russia. The nonprofit has so far rehabilitated 95 soldiers and its president, Iryna Discipio, says, "We want our people to walk."

Being thoughtful and intentional about how and when you recognize your employees for a job well done can boost loyalty and retention, writes Mike Szczesny the owner and vice president of EDCO Awards & Specialties. Szczesny offers four ways to perfect the art of appreciation including making it personalized, consistent and aligned with cultural values.

The Housing Industry Foundation teamed with nonprofit Rebekah Children's Services to remodel five housing units in Hollister, Calif., to provide transitional homes to families experiencing homelessness. "[T]his is what is made possible when two nonprofit entities come together for the greater good of the community," says Christophe Rebboah, CEO of Rebekah Children's Services.

Nonprofits should resist short-term cost-cutting and instead focus on building long-term capacity by investing in people, skills and systems, Kris Putnam-Walkerly writes. This strategic, holistic approach to the internal organization will then trickle through to grant-giving, ensuring that philanthropic efforts drive real change.

Dana Nichols, executive director of Cannonball Kids' Cancer Foundation, explains how the nonprofit's gamified approach to fundraising, via its League of Undercover Donors, attracted new donors amid a lull in giving. The nonprofit produced 300 metal coins displaying QR codes for giving, designed to be passed on to others, with those participating and exchanging the tokens receiving merchandise and updates on their secret society's giving.