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Spotlighting Mental Health in the Nonprofit Sector

Saleforce Nonprofit

We saw hunger, homelessness, broken healthcare systems, exhausted teachers, and mental health issues explode in front of our eyes — and we felt it all. In addition, she founded her own consulting practice in 2010. . We all know that that wasn’t true, however, for many of our community members and for those around the globe.

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Are Mobile Apps Serving the Underserved?

Tech Soup

Apps created specifically to address the needs of low-income and underserved communities in the United States are few and far between – despite the fact that smartphone adoption rates are higher within minority communities where social services are in greater demand and poverty tends to be more concentrated. Bridging the App Gap.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit organizations are vital to the nation’s economic well-being and have nearly doubled in the last 30 years (National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2015). It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

Road trips touch on so many different goals that organizations focus on that it’s hard to believe how few major nonprofits have embraced the road trip campaign strategy. With a bit of savvy planning, road-trips can be an innovative vehicle to align with your organization’s goals. Diverse Goals. Raising funds.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Explore the work of organizations like the National Geographic Society , Audubon , and The Mars Generation - their impact is out of this world.

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Creating a Movement, Addressing Inequality

Achieve

She realized that the life she had was much more privileged than most, even though she would be considered by many in the United States as a broke student just getting started in her career. As for most campaigns and nonprofit organizations, it takes months to hear back how the individuals were affected—but not in this case.

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A Step-By-Step Guide To Getting Started With Fundraising

Bloomerang

As of 2021, nearly one million nonprofit organizations in the U.S. dollars in revenue, approximately 70 percent of all nonprofits registered in the United States. One thing unifies VHAs: we need to stay organized to fundraise more effectively. Yes, it’s true; those nonprofits that are organized raise more funds.

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