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13 Students Graduate ITWorks Fall 2013 Program

TechImpact

In a classroom decked out with green, blue and orange balloons sat 13 young adults and a sea of their family and friends. These 16 weeks have been a blast,” said Michael Washington, who interned at law firm Cozen O’Connor. ITWorks students graduate December 2013. Make all of this count.

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Classy Welcomes Ford Foundation COO Depelsha McGruder to Its Board of Directors

Classy

Before joining the Ford Foundation, McGruder served as COO of New York Public Radio (NYPR), where she led daily operations and strategic planning for WNYC Radio, WNYC Studios, WQXR, Gothamist.com, and The Greene Space. McGruder is also the founder and president of Moms of Black Boys United and M.O.B.B.

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How to Set Up Your Nonprofit Accounting System RIGHT So it Helps You Grow

Get Fully Funded

The problem is that if you’re like most, you haven’t paid a lot of attention to your accounting system. Starting or fixing your accounting system BEFORE you have a problem is just smart planning. Because believe me, without a good nonprofit accounting system in place, you WILL run into problems later. I promise you will.

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A Nice Holiday Gift for School Kids Everywhere

Forum One

Kids around the country received an early and much-needed gift this December in the form of — you guessed it — broccoli and green beans. Like the title suggest s, the new law provides kids with healthier, more nutritious food options at school and gives free lunch access to a larger number of chil dren in need.

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Tips for monetizing your nonprofit work

ASU Lodestar Center

One of the core problems that many nonprofits face is that although we work to serve or protect people or resources that are often called “priceless,” this failure to monetize our causes has the ironic effect of rendering them valueless. posted by Karla Lant Lead Writer, Museum of Science and Sustainability.

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The Internal is the new External: EDF Business Innovation Exchange

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are in the process of building and growing a 'problem solving' network by convening thoughtful people inside and outside of EDF to review their thinking and then comment, critique, and contribute new information so they can improve their impact. This is an open and transparent network. For example, they have a Climate Corps program.

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Benefit Corporations: Back to Purpose

Tech Soup

Governments and nonprofits are necessary but insufficient to solve today’s most pressing problems. Our vision is simple yet ambitious: to create a new sector of the economy which uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. Both bills have now been signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown.

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