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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

In March of this year, The Virginia G. 2009) found that stipends promote inclusion, efficiency and effectiveness. All the volunteers were working as tutors in local elementary schools. Does the incentive of monetary support influence how people allocate their altruistic desires to help others? The researchers (McBride, et.

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Research Friday: Who grants the most? Who gets the most?

ASU Lodestar Center

Arizona is home to over 1,000 private foundations, and, as most people answered correctly in the quiz, the largest is the Virginia G. A great local resource is the Arizona Grantmaker's Forum.). The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) tops the list; in 2009, the MDA received $175.4 Among local nonprofits, St.

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Try Eating for $4 a Day. Join The Hunger Challenge

Have Fun - Do Good

This year, Hunger Challenge participants will try to eat 3 meals for $4 per day, per person, during the week of September 20-26, 2009. For a local perspective, peruse the list of food bank blogs. You can take the Challenge for one day, or for the whole week. Hat tip to Tyson Foods Hunger Relief 's post Hunger Twitterers ).

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m in Washington, DC today to kick off a training event for Give to the Max Day , a one-day fundraising event on November 9, 2011 that will unite local Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC communities to support nonprofits serving the area. The fundraising goal for Give to the Max Day is to get 35,000 people to support their favorite regional (..)

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People Powered Movement Photo Contest

Have Fun - Do Good

The Alliance for Biking and Walking creates, strengthens, and unites state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations. The deadline to submit your photo(s) is November 31, 2009. One resource its member organizations have requested is high quality images of biking and walking to use in their communications.

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Build Communities to Enhance Your Fundraising Campaigns

NTEN

Proposed solution: CC developed Red House 2009, which had three event components: Traditional cocktail party for its major donors, Nonevent called Stay@Home, and. It was to serve as the kickoff for Red House 2009 and was hosted by a board member. Results: The concept of Red House 2009 was in sharp contrast to concepts of the past.

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Bragging on my Farmer's Market - Williamsburg wins American Farmland Trust contest

Connection Cafe

Williamsburg, Virginia is America's #1 Farmers Market! Even as summer winds down, lovers of produce know that the bounty is still flowing at your local Farmers Market (if you are lucky to live near one). Farmers markets are a critical link in our food chain, and one of the best ways to support farms, farmers, and our local economies.

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