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Arts-based community development & Leon and Thea Koerner Award

Charity Village

Application Deadline: May 17, 2023 Through the BC Arts Coucil, organizations are invited to apply for the Arts-Based Community Development program. The programming provides supports for organizations to engage […] The post Arts-based community development & Leon and Thea Koerner Award appeared first on CharityVillage.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed.

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Funding available: Sport for social development in Indigenous communities

Charity Village

The Government of Canada is accepting applications for projects under the Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities program. Through the program, $3.75 million is available for projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people.

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7 essentials for your association’s online community strategy

Nimble AMS

Building a successful online community starts with a solid plan. . Read on for what to include in your association’s online community strategy. Offering an online community to your members is a powerful way to provide member value. And an online community provides an ideal way to deliver these member benefits. .

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Big News at Benetech (and for me!)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Under Betsy’s guidance, Benetech is developing new software for social good enterprises to connect communities with inclusive technology: Service Net: Reshaping the social safety net in human services to better connect people to the services they need. I look forward to staying in touch with you about technology for good!

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New Technology Developed to Amplify Community Voices for the Media

Non Profit Quarterly

The Local Voices Network (LVN), developed by the nonprofit Cortico in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab , is bringing people together to share their perspectives with each other and with a small electronic “digital hearth” that records their every word. Cortico’s “digital hearth”. July 8, 2019; Nieman Lab.

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Applications are now open for the Community-Run Public Art Microgrant Program 2023

Charity Village

Calgary Arts Development announced that applications are now open for the Community-Run Public Art Microgrant Program 2023. The total funding for the program is $300,000, and communities may apply […] The post Applications are now open for the Community-Run Public Art Microgrant Program 2023 appeared first on CharityVillage.

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