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Research and educational organization The Urban Institute and Social Solutions, provider of performance management software for nonprofits, recently announced that they're collaborating to create a online resource for nonprofit organizations looking to enhance their performance.

BALTIMORE, October 29, 2009 — The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, will welcome more than 700 elected officials and dignitaries, as well as community, civic and business leaders to its Annual Community Event on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Beth Tfiloh Congregation (3300 Old Court Road, Baltimore, MD). This year’s Annual Community Event commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Weinberg Foundation’s charitable giving.

NEW YORK, NY, June 9, 2009 — The two largest Jewish youth philanthropy programs in North America, the Jewish Teen Funders Network (JTFN) and B’nai Tzedek, are merging under the umbrella of the Jewish Teen Funders Network. The merger will serve to centralize the field of Jewish youth philanthropy and streamline national support to the growing number of local programs.

Social Solutions, nationally recognized for empowering human service providers and the organizations that fund them to strategically tie their efforts to measurable outcomes, today announced an upcoming webinar that will address the rapidly growing performance management movement that is transforming the nonprofit industry. The webinar, entitled "The Golden Rule of performance management:  You'd better know whether you're helping or harming - and always assume the latter if you can't measure the former!" will take place on February 19, 2009 at 3pm (EST) and will explore the concept that, without measurement, even the best intentioned organizations may actually be causing harm to their constituents.