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Happy Birthday! The Charitable Deduction Turns 100

ASU Lodestar Center

If I make a donation to a qualified public charity, operating foundation, school, or even to government, my taxable income decreases by the amount of my donation. Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008. Community of Science profile. LinkedIn profile. He is Editor-in-Chief of Nonprofit Management & Leadership.

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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

Have Fun - Do Good

In 2008, Will was named a John D. MacArthur Foundation Fellow, a "genius grant," only the second farmer ever to be so honored. I also saw a more recent profile of him this spring on Food Forward. He is now the CEO of Growing Power , an organization that develops community food systems. and Katherine T.

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Art and Aging: Tim Carpenter of EngAGE

Have Fun - Do Good

It profiles an innovative organization called EngAGE. In 2008, Tim was named an Ashoka Fellow. In 2011, he received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. He also serves on the board of the National Center for Creative Aging, and is the host and producer of the EXPERIENCE TALKS radio show.

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A First Look at Jumo

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign.

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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

Ushahidi got its start in early 2008. Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

One large local organization that has made tremendous strides in their governance is the Arizona Sports Foundation, which operates the Fiesta and Buffalo Wild Wings bowl games. Does your nonprofit need board governance assistance? The ASU Lodestar Center can help! Sources: 1.

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting. I reached out to Farra through her LinkedIn profile. In short: we had a solid foundation and had done a lot of things right, but we had to make some significant changes to make sure our outside matched who we really were.

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