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Providence Public Library: “A Most Democratic Insitution”

DipJar

We enjoy every opportunity to speak with library customers, learning how they serve their communities and how DipJar supports those efforts. The library is a state-wide resource, but the immediate community it serves is downtown Providence. The library’s funding model makes it uniquely responsive to the community.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Your vision for your new organization probably includes vibrant programs, happy donors, tons of community support, and the opportunity to change lives. Here is the first critical question to ask before you do anything else: WHY will your nonprofit exist? What other organizations in your community address this need?

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Kids and Kickstarter: The Rise of PhilanthroKids and Kid Crowdfunding!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. ” These are teens (and pre-teens) with a passion for social change and who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or be connected to Facebook. .” Crowdfunding in general has raised more than 5.1

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New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

Did you choose Facebook because you evaluated your existing community as well as the audience you wanted to bring into your community, and they were already using Facebook? Go where the community already is! Don’t expect the community to come to you, or even find you, online. Join the community! What do you think?

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

We’re willing to bet $1 that there’s at least one you haven’t thought of — and if that one is #34, we have some questions for you…. Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Host a Community Clean-Up. Canva is a great tool for designing images. Bike-a-Thon. Tour-de-France (July).

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Amy Potthast, Idealist.org: How I Have Fun and Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

— Amy Potthast, Idealist.org This year, this question is easier to answer than ever. Johns — my North Portland, Oregon, neighborhood — I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents. The idea is for the moms to build friendships that outlast the teen parents's teen years.

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. The first of these reasons is practical.

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