Results of a September 2009 study by the National Center for Children in Poverty that showed that 20 percent to 40 percent of the nation’s homeless teens and youth identified as LGBT.

The Fetzer Institute says its mission is “to foster awareness of the power of love and forgiveness in the emerging global community.” Contact Amy Ferguson.

Michael McBride is an associate professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine. He specializes in religion and the economy and writes the blog The Religious Marketplace.

Michael Durall is principal of the CommonWealth Consulting Group in Boulder, Colo. He is the author of Creating Congregations of Generous People.

Michael R. Maude is president of Partners in Philanthropy in Lawrence, Kan., which looks to increase fundraising and organizational effectiveness through fundraising consultation, strategic planning and executive coaching.

Edith Turner is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Boyce Watkins is a scholar, author and leader in the African-American community. He writes frequently about money issues and the African-American community.

Pamela Wesley Gomez is director of development and external church affairs at the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University in New Haven, Conn.

Kristen Monroe is a professor of philosophy and political science at the University of California, Irvine, and director of its Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality. She is the author of The Heart of Altruism: Perceptions of a Common Humanity.