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Provide the Nonprofit Voice to America's Broadband Plan

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Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 We should look to other models. It's essential that they hear from us. billion for broadband stimulus.

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Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

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percent in 2009. percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. Second, model out and scenario plan for revenue declines of 5, 10 and 15 percent. And, despite slight upticks in 2010 and 2011 in giving, they were still well below pre-GFC levels. We have to apply lessons learned from the GFC. and México.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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Oxfam America. Feeding America. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Teach For America. First woman selected to be President & CEO of Veterans Village of San Diego, and is a 2019 George W. Nonprofit Leaders. Abby Maxman. President and CEO.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

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Looking at overhead alone is a poor way to measure a nonprofit organization’s overall performance (Letter to the Donors of America, 2014). This is an outdated model that limits the impact and diversity of the work in the nonprofit sector. Stanford Social Innovation Review, (Fall 2009), 49-53. Gregory, A. & Howard, D.

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Why Can’t the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector Scale Generosity? #givedaylessons

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What Happened on Give Local America Day? Early on Give Local America Day , reports of slow page loads and server crashes started to trickle in from a couple of community foundations hosting Giving Days using the Kimbia platform. The Give Local America Day is a centralized campaign all on one day using the same platform.

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24 hours, millions of dollars, thousands of nonprofits—What gives in Minnesota?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The campaign was modeled after the grand daddy of match days that happens throughout the entire state of Minnesota. Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. Key partnerships with TheUpTake.org , Mall of America , Razoo and Padilla Speer Beardsley have been critical to our success.

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Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures

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In 2009, she was recognized at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting and today she gives back through the Global Give Back Circle website “ Hey Sister, Get Clued Up ” and attends the American University in Dubai. Peter believes that the consortium is an attractive model that can be replicated in other regions of the world.

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