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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

Candid

In the United States, philanthropic collaboratives—entities that either pool or channel resources from multiple donors to nonprofits— collectively directed between $2 billion and $3 billion to a variety of grantees in 2021, and our research indicates that figure has grown since then.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Senior Care

Bloomerang

Sigma and collaborating nursing organizations have several upcoming research grant opportunities for nurses around the globe. The RRF supports advancements in the field of aging specifically in the four categories: caregiving, economic security in later life, housing, and social and intergenerational connectedness. Areas served: US.

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4 Reasons to Embrace Gen-Mix Volunteerism

VQ Strategies

Simply put, co-generational teamwork will not only strengthen the outcomes of the program in the communities it serves but also foster greater intergenerational respect among volunteers. By building an age-diverse volunteer corps, nonprofits can broaden their volunteer base in other ways. Program Stability. Volunteer Diversity.

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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

Museum 2.0

I always say we did not transform our museum by building a fancy building or by bringing in van Gogh,” Simon says. “We We changed our museum by reorienting on our community and really saying we exist to be of, by and for you, and to help build a stronger community.” It’s something that any museum, of any size, can work toward.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. They talked about community building. I don’t think there is a way to directly build community. We can’t sit down and say, “let’s go build some community.” WHO (slides 3-23) "Community” is not an abstraction.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Since then, Stacey has become an indispensable member of our staff, leading our community programs and inspiring us to think in new ways about how we can build social capital in our community. Build Social Capital A crucial theory in community engagement through museum programs is social capital theory, best defined by Robert D.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me. Most of the projects with these programs were carried out collaboratively; so I had a chance to see how different kinds of organizations, from grassroots to national, operate. It focused on collaborative e-learning.

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