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The Benefits of Community-Centric Fundraising

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Because CCF focuses more on community well-being instead of raising money for individual organizations, it provides an opportunity for the community to provide mutual support for each other to grow stronger together for sustainable solutions that each nonprofit is trying to solve. Strengthened community ties. Trust building.

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Does Your Organization Have Social Media Guidelines for All Staff?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the basic tenets of my first book with Alison Fine, “ The Networked Nonprofit ,” was that everyone in the organization participates in social media from the executive director on down – not just the “social media person.” The general tone should be one of trust and empowerment.

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

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Forward-looking nonprofit organizations know that leveraging data is key to determining where a community’s unmet needs are, securing resources to address those needs, and advocating for more effective policies. Rather than competing for limited resources, we are collaborating to secure funding and bring about policy change.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized! For example, the Latin America Work Group’s website is www.lawg.org , but when the organization was setting up its profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, “lawg” was not available on all three sites. Create a Simple Media Policy. Enjoy yourself!

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Earth Day ‘22: Salesforce.org Customers Tackle Climate Challenges by Land, Air & Sea

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We need new policies, new technology, new strategies, and local support in order to build, implement, and sustain the kinds of solutions that will help us make progress on our goals. Mission: Empowerment of children and youth and mobilize for and enable the restoration of 1 trillion new trees worldwide. Plant for the Planet.

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Gates, Ford, Open Society announce commitments for gender equality

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Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership. Ford Foundation press release 06/30/2021.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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It is our hope, as funders, that financially resourcing a movement, an organization, or an individual can lead to positive change. And, the focus of MEL is generally on evaluating grantee projects or organizations, rather than on the grantmaker and its practices.