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Weekly update from PND

Candid

The Gates Foundation pledged $315 million over three years to CGIAR , a global research partnership focused on the needs of smallholder farmers, in support of efforts to help them adapt to a surge of climate threats that, in turn, are exacerbating global hunger and poverty. South Arts announces $6 million BIPOC arts initiative.

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How to Write an Effective Grant Proposal

Classy

Follow Instructions Carefully. Make sure to follow instructions carefully. . Before completing your grant proposal, also check the instructions to make sure you meet all of the funder’s qualifications, as well as to see if there are any pre-application requirements. Detailed organizational budget. Letters of support.

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What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts

Museum 2.0

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). Are the products created via such a process of worse, better, or equivalent quality as traditional art products?

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Designing a Drive: 10 Food Drive Ideas to Fill Your Donation Boxes

Qgiv

Food insecurity and hunger are some of the most prominent issues that plague our modern society. 41 million people, or 12% of the population, struggles with hunger. Food banks work hard to fight against increasingly pervasive hunger in our communities. In the U.S., Create your fundraising event page.

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Visual Storytelling for the Modern Nonprofit

Connection Cafe

So if you’re like that Ikea instruction that just has the visuals, those aren’t as good. So food banks, the villain there is obviously hunger as you don’t want people to be hungry. The studies that I’ve seen have said that text accompanied with images actually do a lot better. And so you can do it.

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The top 100 included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, health care, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare. . For example.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

Tech Soup

While it is a feature of many social sharing sites, often times those very sites do not provide beginner-friendly instructions on how to use tags effectively. " UNICEF used mobile tagging technology to raise awareness of the childhood hunger and raise money. The campaign.

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