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Happy Birthday! The Charitable Deduction Turns 100

ASU Lodestar Center

Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008. in organizational sociology at the University of Minnesota with a study of the causes of nonprofit organization closure. Hager is Associate Professor in the School of Community Resources & Development , where he is co-director of graduate studies in nonprofit leadership and management.

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Boosting Arizona's Philanthropic Resources

ASU Lodestar Center

The report was based on 2008 tax data for both institutions and individuals. While the markets have rebounded somewhat since 2008 and thus individual and foundation assets have grown, it's unlikely that Arizona's relative position compared with other states has changed. If they had increased their contributions to the U.S.

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PCs for People Brings More Great Refurbished Computers to Nonprofits through TechSoup

Tech Soup

PCs for People is a large nonprofit refurbishment program headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It all started in 1998 when social worker Andy Elofson wanted to help a young man who had gotten in trouble for misusing school computers. In 2008, volunteer Casey Sorensen became PCs for People's first executive director.

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Nonprofit as Shibboleth

ASU Lodestar Center

Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008. in organizational sociology at the University of Minnesota with a study of the causes of nonprofit organization closure. Hager is Associate Professor in the School of Community Resources & Development , where he is co-director of graduate studies in nonprofit leadership and management.

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Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Elana Wolowitz (EW): Im pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008. What convinced them?

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Duluth, MN / $299. Join the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for our 2016 Annual Conference. Convene with thought leaders in social change from around the world. Oct 9 - 14.

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Guest Post from Museums and the Web: Bryan Kennedy

Museum 2.0

Thanks to Bryan Kennedy from the Science Museum of Minnesota for providing this overview/reflection on the Museums and the Web conference that recently concluded in Montreal. Museums and the Web 2008 guest blogger Bryan Kennedy here. Our argument was that if we didn't participate we would be defined in these spaces in our absence.

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