Care2

APRIL 15, 2013

Biggar receives a cash award of $1,000, and Care2 will donate an additional $1,000 to his favorite charity. It launched with distributed house-parties to set its direction, and it has organized one of the largest distributed protests in Canadian history to protest dangerous pipeline proposals.

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Award Impact Organization Minneapolis 70

Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

It brings together foundations and funds that are primarily dedicated to support or have a significant program to support those organizations. Grant Research Tip: As you search beyond this list for potential funders, many foundations will state that they do not accept unsolicited requests for funding. PADI AWARE Foundation.

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Conservancy Environment Grant Alaska 57

Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2017

Yet according to The Philanthropy Outlook by Marts & Lundy, giving by foundations is predicted to increase by 5.9 According to early results from GrantStation's Spring 2017 State of Grantseeking™ Report, 75 percent of those organizations that submitted just one grant application won an award. percent in 2017 and by 6.0

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Grant Money Award Collaboration 47

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2016

For their part, foundations have tuned in well to nonprofits’ focus on being mission-driven. In my experience, two dominant frames are now shared by foundations and nonprofits. The annual reports of foundations celebrate how much money they have spent in a given area. Achievement lets both foundations and nonprofits stand out.

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Language Foundation Proposal Nonprofit 20

Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what the average foundation portfolio size is for a full-time grant manager: Dear Charity Clairity, What is the average foundation portfolio size for a full-time grant manager? In FY23 they submitted 40 proposals for a total of $2.4M And this takes time.

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Grant Management Proposal Time 91

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Lauren Jan n ey, Foundation Relations and S cholarship Coordinator at Cape Fear Community College Foundation , shared how they are using the new texting functionality in their award management solution to connect with their scholarship applicants and recipients in a new way.

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Virtual Blackbaud Award Wisconsin 28

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Knight Foundation has launched a particularly interesting Knight News Challenge this year. The foundation plans to fund 20 plus projects with new ideas on how to increase participation in U.S. The Knight Foundation wants to do something about it. In the past, more than 20 grants have been awarded for each challenge.

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Ideas San Francisco Proposal Application 36

Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

So, clearly, education-focused nonprofits are pursuing and being awarded private funding from both foundations and corporate giving programs, and may be starting to secure more private funds then institutions. What is going on here? Private Grantmakers Grow Support for Education-Focused Organizations.

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Education Grant Government Award 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

We’ve pledged to award more than $20 million to support innovative ideas that move communities forward. Each month, Pepsi will award grants up to $1.3 Each month, Pepsi will award grants up to $1.3 They are not paid for their efforts and they will not have any influence on the balloting or awarding of grants.

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Project Contest Award Grant 104

Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Our institute will also provide opportunities for attendees to create meaningful connections and potential collaborations.

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Calendar Conference Las Vegas DC 85

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

On the federal grant side, and increasingly on the foundation side, new regulations and policies have made survival as a grant-funded organization more challenging by adding additional layers of accountability and complexity for grant recipients. What Changed: Focus on Performance Management.

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Grant Management Phase Award 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Comment Social Media Jordan Cancer 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

I did a roundup of nonprofit panel proposals a few weeks back and wanted to give you an updated list. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Submitted by David Neff.

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Social Media Cancer Jordan Kiva 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

A volunteer network of software developers, designers, and other collaborators have teamed up with the award-winning blog techPresident to launch Twitter Vote Report.     Twitter Vote Report was inspired by a techPresident blog post on October 6th proposing the use of Twitter for election monitoring.

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Report Twitter Cleveland Indianapolis 50

fusionSpan

MAY 10, 2024

This includes online portals for application submission and review, tools for managing award requirements and disbursements, as well as capabilities for seamless grantee interactions throughout the entire process.

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License Model Grant Integration 59

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Lisa Tacker and her team at Two Ten Footwear Foundation , a charitable foundation based near Boston, were scrambling. Through hurricanes, fires, floods, the pandemic, and more, Two Ten awards millions of dollars in emergency relief each year, and they rely 100% on donor dollars to do it.

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Advice Tech Sharepoint Grant 73

NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change. It was organized by Ed Schipul. about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. Submitted by David Neff.

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Social Media Nonprofit Jordan Cancer 67

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. 24th Annual Conference for Institutionally Related Foundations.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. 100 Women Charitable Foundation. Chicago Foundation for Women.

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Empowerment Grant Fund Resource 104

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. 100 Women Charitable Foundation. Chicago Foundation for Women.

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Empowerment Grant Fund Resource 80

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

There is a big difference between a federal application and then a private corporate foundation application. And if you can develop those relationships with funders, if you can develop great core content, if you can leverage materials for different kinds of proposals, then that is really going to set you up for success. .

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Grant Build Video Strategy 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Maine Health Access Foundation did an experiment on Facebook , including it in its channel to promote a funding opportunity but also posted the initial letters of inquiry on their Facebook page to get feedback. The measure of impact is to determine whether the comments and feedback strengthened or improved the final proposal.

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Measure Fund Impact Minnesota 96

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Director of foundation relations, so you’ll probably know a few things we talk about today. Looking for foundations that fund similar organizations means that those foundations might be well aligned for you as well. Foundation Directory Online, which I’ve listed as number one, is our very favorite. Fantastic.

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Grant Lesson Tips Video 75

Connection Cafe

JUNE 24, 2019

Perhaps this is why the one thing we hear consistently from foundations is the need to eliminate time spent on administrative activities in order to focus more time on achieving goals, connecting with grantee partners, and making strategic decisions. So where does technology come in?

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ROI Grant Foundation Application 29

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

It was a packed hearing and all these people were bringing up challenges (to the proposal). Let’s revere individual accomplishments a little less and start heralding the work of groups a little more — like the Lodestar Foundation does when it awards the Collaboration Prize.

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California San Diego Impact Story 95

Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The memorandum outlined the three pillars of open government thereby narrowing the discussion to transparency, participation, and collaboration. Awards would be provided to students as publications of their ideas and USAID leadership recognition. Vote for this Idea]. Department of State. Vote for this Idea]. Vote for this Idea].

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Ideas Share Disaster Government 47

Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2020

Foundations are in the midst of a sudden and unexpected upheaval of long-held grantmaking practices. Foundations have a fiduciary responsibility to be good stewards of their endowment. Once submitted, the application is scrutinized and debated across the organization –often requiring time consuming revisions of the proposal.

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Change Proposal Grant Application 49

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

It was an incredible testament to the commitment and dedication of the nonprofit sector to put words to action - identifying needs and proposing concrete solutions. The task of narrowing the 24 teams down to three winners was a challenge, but for the 21 ideas that did not win the awards, the journey is not over yet.

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Ideas North Carolina Map Children 94

Forum One

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

It's a great example of cause marketing, of online collaboration, of social entrepreneurship, and online innovation. Some of what I found interesting about the project: -They designed and have run it as a collaborative *online* effort with their cardholder members. AMEX gave away $2.5m AMEX gave away $2.5m

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Interview Project Experiment Contest 52