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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2008

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Bill Somerville makes the search for innovative funding opportunities sound like an Indiana Jones adventure. PhilanTopic included the book on its list of Best Philanthropy-Related Books of 2008. This was probably the book that moved me the most in 2008. What are some your favorite do-good books from 2008?

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Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report | Nonprofit.

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Reasons cited for the decline in foundation funding include lower grant amounts and non?renewed Disaster Giving Trends 7% of organizations received contributions for the Haitian earthquake relief, and 3% received donations for Pakistan flood relief. renewed contracts. billion in total giving for Haitian earthquake relief.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

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Right now in Pakistan, that's one of the only ways to get food — so thousands of children are going hungry." "On Fund for UNICEF. For example, what if we told a story of a single child before introducing the thousands at need, or spoke of one endangered animal instead of citing how many there are?

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