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Key facts, figures, and trends among U.S. labor unions

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labor unions based on Candid’s data and discuss trends and opportunities for future research. In that campaign, the CTU pursued demands beyond their own wages and benefits to aid their students, including: smaller class sizes, a nurse and counselor in every school, and resources for homeless students.

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The Practice of Personal Gratitude in Fundraising

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Your programs may also rev up during the holidays, providing meals and gifts, keeping homeless people warm, or preparing for an influx of post-holiday pets needing homes. There are year-end fundraisers and volunteer appreciation events to attend, donors to thank, holiday cards to get in the mail, and last-minute appeals to send out.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

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continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. homeless family; it is more proactive and cost-effective to focus on. family becomes homeless. The cost of homelessness for one person can. Nonprofit Finance Fund.

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Public Service, Advocacy, and Institutional Transformation

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Yesterday, I had lunch with Monica Martinez, the ED of Homeless Services for Santa Cruz county. I was amazed not only by her energy and intelligence but by her simple, transformative goal: to end homelessness. Monica is trying to reposition her organization as a social justice organization working on solutions to end homelessness.

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

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Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. Encourage the journalist to call you to discuss further. Their fifth wedding anniversary would be a fun news story. .

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Write Your Nonprofit Business Plan in 9 Sections

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If yours is an established organization, you can discuss how your nonprofit was started and the milestones you have reached. For example, if you run a homeless shelter, you should mention the number of people who are homeless on any given night in your area. For instance, how many of the students you tutor graduate high school?

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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But, overall I felt overwhelmingly fortunate to be in a job, a museum and a community that I loved and furthermore to be afforded the valuable time most of us do not have to devote to further researching, thinking about, reading and discussing the theories that comprise the foundation of my work.

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