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Funding Rural America: Bridging the Resource Gap

Tech Soup

If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations. Insights on Government Funding. Since government is a major funder of rural programs, it's useful to know that a clear trend in government funding is interagency collaborations.

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Press Forward seeks to reverse the dramatic decline in local news that has coincided with an increasingly divided America and weakening trust in institutions. Certain regions, often referred to as “media deserts,” have limited or no access to local news coverage. What’s the problem?

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Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital technologies are connecting residents in neighborhoods, catalyzing community discussions, changing the way governments and citizens interact, and making government more transparent. This growing field of “civic tech” is aiming to harness technology to spur citizen engagement, improve cities and make government more effective.

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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic. In 2009, these calls totaled more than 16 million calls across America. This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008. With approximately 1.5

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

In the article, “The Strange Disappearance of Civic America,” Robert D. Putnam reflects on his previous article “Bowling Alone: America Social Capitalism”. Putnam is looking to find the cause of the strange disappearance of social capital and civic engagement in America. Overhaul the governance model and committee operations.

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Will Your Nonprofit Cease to Exist? Here’s What You Can Do to Make Sure That Doesn’t Happen

Bloomerang

In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” Alexander Hamilton sings about who he and America are meant to be. Like America, he is “young, scrappy, and hungry.” If you’re doing anything worth doing , you could collaborate with businesses, governments, and other nonprofits to address complex problems in a holistic way. Dream bigger. .

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Forward Unto the Breach: Don’t Rest on Nonprofit Laurels

Bloomerang

In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” the lead character of Alexander sings about who he and America are meant to be. If you’re doing anything worth doing, you can collaborate with business, government and other nonprofits in consortium efforts to address complex problems holistically. Who Are You Meant to Be?

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