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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. Many readers asked How do you become a grant writer? Q: What kind of folks have asked about becoming a grant writer?

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What Is the Current State of Grantseeking? Community Development

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In a recent survey of nonprofit organizations in the United States, we learned more about where these types of nonprofits get their funding and where they find challenges to meeting the needs of their communities. Community Improvement and Capacity Building: Fewer Grant Awards. improvement and capacity building.

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What is the Current State of Grantseeking? Education

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Education organizations, both institutions and those organizations focused on education, comprise a little over 15% of nonprofit organizations in the United States and represented over 13% of participants in the State of Grantseeking survey published by GrantStation and PhilanTech in November 2011.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

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Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Refurbishment Arrives On the Big Stage

Tech Soup

It is the United States' first comprehensive policy that addresses the proper handling of used or discarded electronics devices. It affects manufacturers, electronics recyclers, refurbishers, all US federal government agencies, and also government contractors. TechSoup’s RCI Refurbishers.

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What is the Current State of Grantseeking? Arts, Culture, & Humanities

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Despite many challenges, nonprofits retain a sense of optimism about the next six months according to the survey results cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011). State Grants Still Go to Arts and Humanities. Despite Challenges, Arts Organizations Remain Optimistic.

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To Strengthen Democracy in America, Think Tech

Tech Soup

Democracy tool recently launched by Foundation Center, out of a total of 18,446 grants awarded since 2011 by more than 1,300 funders focused on the broad range of issues and efforts related to democracy, just 962 have been focused on technology. Only Six Foundations Provide the Majority of NPTech Grants.

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