For Good / Non Profit : Innovation & Job News

Union Kitchen and Compass Coffee are teaming up to offer free classes to would-be entrepreneurs. The new endeavor is called Made in DC.

After hitting $1 million in sales, Alexandria-based SoapBox Soaps is expanding by offering a second line of products and taking its original line to Sam's Club and 1,700 CVS stores across the country.

Blastroots, an online lobbying platform for activists, announces that it has been acquired by BIS Global, the company behind CharityEngine.

The Aspen Institute, an international nonprofit organization headquartered in Dupont Circle, is launching a Center for Urban Innovation, and within that, an incubator for social entrepreneurs to work on D.C.'s urban woes.

Ideaventions, an Oakton-based provider of after-school science classes for kids, is opening a private school in Fall 2015. School founder Ryan Heitz gives us a peek at what's ahead.

InSITE CONNECT DC, a semi-annual pitch event, gave InSITE fellows--MBA and JD students at Georgetown--a chance to showcase the startups they've been working with all year.

tinyGive makes donating money as easy as tweeting at your favorite nonprofit. Best of all, there's no junk mail trail behind your donation.

Anacostia's coworking space, The HIVE 2.0, welcomes new members (and a wedding--really) and gets set to open Nurish Cafe.

Waveborn, the sunglasses company with a conscience, is moving toward B2B and wants to bring 10 good companies to their online wholesale marketplace.

Edbacker, a crowdfunding platform for K-12 school projects, is raising funds and is looking for an app developer.

Shop Local Week in D.C. is slated for Nov 30-Dec 8; Think Local First has partnered with local startup Causetown for a Charity Cash Mob.

Good Spread, a natural peanut butter and organic honey mix, has come to D.C. and is looking for local vendors to help spread the word.

The D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer and the Latino Economic Development Center have been helping District small business owners  integrate tech into their businesses for nine months. They will celebrate tomorrow by awarding free hardware and software to 21 small business owners.

FinaBiosolutions LLC has entered into a partnership to develop and manufacture a low-cost component in a pneumonia vaccine.

Project Shelter presells and delivers new camping gear to music festivals and then donates what is left behind to homeless shelters and refugee camps.