sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. And for everyone else, it can bring up feelings of boredom, overwhelm, and confusion.

Data 104

Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 104

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 4, 2021

Since the beginning of the pandemic, our team has worked closely with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to care for these individuals, including COVID-19-positive homeless and marginally housed residents of Massachusetts at the Isolation and Recovery sites. To address transportation needs, we expanded our transportation reimbursement program.

Massachusetts 119

Massachusetts Tech Homeless Integration 119

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Train volunteers. For example, an animal advocacy organization with the goal of homing more pets than they did the previous year might have a mission statement like, “We work to reduce the number of homeless pets in the community by offering free rescue services and housing animals with volunteer foster homes.” Train volunteers.

Volunteer 94

Volunteer Program Roles Training 94

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Structural barriers to success The nonprofit sector is highly competitive, with organizations often competing for the same limited resources. In addition, there are many organizations and resources available to support BIPOC leaders in the nonprofit sector. Unfortunately, it’s the same in the nonprofit sector.

Accessibility 110

Accessibility Challenge Leadership Tips 110

AFP Blog

MARCH 29, 2016

Nonprofit Uses App to Survey Homeless People Daily—What Do You Need? Nonprofit Quarterly delivers the latest news and investigative reports : "In recent years, as technology and social media have expanded many non-profits have chosen to use these resources to help homeless people. via Blog this'

Homeless 20

Homeless Survey Dallas News 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2018

My mother was born before the days of the Internet, social media, computers, and mobile phones and found technology a huge challenge – both frustrating and a little intimidating due to a lack of training and skills development. She was a generous and compassionate person and often helped people with fewer resources.

Portland 73

Portland Philadelphia NTEN Children 73

Twenty Hats

DECEMBER 28, 2021

On the other hand, I feel like the existing posts do a good job of articulating my volunteer engagement philosophy: that quality volunteer engagement cannot occur without motivated, dedicated, and well-trained volunteer managers. All that’s to say that I reflected more than usual on what to convey with this post.

Volunteer 60

Volunteer Management Articulate Demonstration 60

Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Ali was expected to make a training video from home on how to extract a bone marrow sample — without an examining room, without equipment, and most especially without an animal. Your virtual volunteer roles will probably require better resources and technology. When the pandemic first hit, my stepdaughter, Ali, had to make a video.

Roles 70

Roles Virtual Volunteer Demonstration 70

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Pedraza Martinez , University of Notre Dame Most food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds. Why it matters Administrative costs , also known as overhead, encompass salaries, training, infrastructure, equipment and upkeep.

Research 52

Research Ohio Fundraising Long Beach 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Discover how HOPE Atlanta , Metro Atlanta’s most established agency committed to fighting homelessness and hunger, capitalized on this integration to optimize their data collection , and explore how your organization can do the same to maximize fundraising potential.

Integration 98

Integration Benefit Time Atlanta 98

Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Your Program Volunteers Your Fundraising Volunteers Get Them Trained Provide Them with Useful Tools. For example, if you are taking a volunteer for your homeless shelter that offers overnight accommodations and food service, you want to familiarize that person with the food service program, since that’s where they will be serving.

Volunteer 52

Volunteer Program Fundraising Training 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. Each of these groups provided insights into the challenge, determined a focus area where technology can help, and developed a solution.

Hunger 52

Hunger Global Impact Rwanda 52

Qgiv

OCTOBER 6, 2021

They included links to volunteer as well, which empowered those who are passionate about helping the homeless get involved. Smile Train. Smile Train used Qgiv’s standard donation form to provide visual impact at each donation level. This video made it clear why donors should give to Smile Train. Islamic Relief USA.

Campaign 52

Campaign Giving Indianapolis Philadelphia 52

sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2021

Meanwhile, your colleague is exploring ways to end homelessness in your city or tackle the opioid crisis. These relationships deepen your knowledge about what your community needs, how your hospital or health system is viewed, and what resources can be brought to bear. It doesn’t get much more purposefully bold.

Fundraising 94

Fundraising Benefit Relationship Knowledge 94

Qgiv

JUNE 13, 2023

She further explains that racism costs all Americans by allowing wealthy individuals to take away resources from all of us. On the other hand, sharing access to resources (and power) benefits all of us. As a result, no one, not even white residents, was able to swim. As a result, no one, not even white residents, was able to swim.

Culture 52

Culture United States Stats Homeless 52

Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

We could not achieve our goals and provide the support we do to the community without our volunteer’s commitment to the cause,” said Mary Bachman, Director of Volunteer Resources, Catholic Charities of St. With the support of volunteers, we are able to effectively engage with individuals experiencing homelessness in D.C.

St. Louis 98

St. Louis San Diego Atlanta Minneapolis 98

Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. But she’s been in your shoes, like I said, being a leader of an organization and also raising a ton of money and does a lot of these trainings.

Roles 123

Roles Resource Develop Video 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2010

I met Claire Murray almost five years ago this month when I was working as a consultant for the Community Technology Center Networks to do training for human service agencies that provided homeless services. Claire was working with the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square. I trained her staff on how to blog.

Review 99

Review Network New York City Ning 99

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

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.

Trend 95

Trend Files Local Review 95

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

If you started as an animal shelter in San Diego, but after years of dedicating a lot of resources to rescuing and rehabilitating stray dogs from Tijuana, your nonprofit may have inadvertently changed your scope without realizing it. Here’s an example. Their statement also answers a question that may come up.

Examples 95

Examples Language Iowa Nonprofit 95

VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

We are particularly pleased to support those partnerships that weave 2-1-1 operations into a more holistic effort, such as when integrated with elder care, homeless management, or disaster response. 2-1-1 is an easy to remember phone number that connects individuals with resources in their community. With approximately 1.5

Puerto Rico 100

Puerto Rico District of Columbia United States Colorado 100

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. Smooth Transition's life skills development and educational training increase levels of employability. 's twenty-five metropolitan areas. One in five people there live at the poverty level.

Student 44

Student Donation Empowerment Teen 44

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Retention is everything your organization does to keep the volunteers you recruit, like providing proper training and management , aligning volunteer assignments with individual volunteers’ interests, or working hard to create personal relationships with your volunteers. Use current volunteers as a resource.

Volunteer 98

Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2015

There are also many homeless and disabled veterans in the area. The project provides paid internships and job skills training for unemployed and low-income veterans, as well as rehabilitation therapy (through gardening!) Solar-Powered Technology and Job Skills Training. for disabled veterans. She uses software called AgSquared.

North Carolina 36

North Carolina Job Program Organization 36

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They're a homeless services and neighborhood revitalization nonprofit that serves West Philly. PEC is also running 20 computer training labs as well, called Keyspots , where kids can earn a free refurbished desktop. Adults also go there to get training, netbooks, and the Mobile Beacon hotspot devices, which they set up at home.

Story 63

Story Phone Library Mobile 63

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

Review the mission statement - cure cancer, end homelessness, provide affordable housing for working families - whatever it is, ask yourself if the programs from last year helped the organization reach its goals. Consider hiring a consulting firm that specializes in developing strategies and training nonprofit executives.

Goal 61

Goal Phoenix Arizona Nonprofit 61

Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Provide resources, 4. For example, let’s say your faith-based organization is also an outreach ministry for shut-ins and the homeless. This is the stage where you plan out the basics of your peer-to-peer campaign, what you hope to accomplish, and the specific resources and tools you’ll need to do it. Determine a goal, 2.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Haiti Teen Badge 52

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Those metrics and accompanying goals are the best resources for identifying the focus and the calls to action for your campaigns and even daily communications. But, we have to train them! We have to train our communities to drive with us. Lastly, in order to train the community to drive, you have to share your tools.

Build 220

Build Community Technology Action 220

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. How and what is your experience?

Data 107

Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2017

Fund for Shared Insight (Shared Insight), a funder collaborative that pools financial and other resources to make grants to improve philanthropy, has released a national open request for proposals for its signature initiative, Listen for Good (L4G). If you answered an enthusiastic “Yes!” to these questions, keep reading!

National 51

National Survey Hawaii Tools 51

Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

More involved in-person fundraisers or campaigns that require lots of resources can eat into your profit margins. Give your students all the resources they need to succeed with a virtual school supply drive. Host an online sports equipment drive so your team’s supporters can buy equipment your team can use to train and play with.

Raise 98

Raise Ideas Online Help 98

Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2015

We need to move the dial and increase the effectiveness of service delivery to the poor so that those in poverty can more easily access jobs, training, housing, and medical services. Without it, it can be difficult to find a home, apply for a job, sign up for classes, make homeless shelter reservations or find soup kitchens.

Mobile 36

Mobile San Jose Help Homeless 36

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2014

This event also provided a workshop for parents about Be a Leader’s resources to help their children go on to college. Thanks to the program managers giving us ownership of Community Space Day, allies gave trainings on topics relative to the core value being discussed that day.

Arizona 84

Arizona America Public Americorp 84

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Decatur, Illinois: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Nonprofit Software. Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary.

United Kingdom 59

United Kingdom Tanzania Benin San Francisco 59

Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Designed as a leadership development resource for emerging leaders working in nonprofits, it can be used by any nonprofit seeking to build a culture of philanthropy internally because the content is focused on team collaboration skills and culture change. Here are some more resources about the process of organizational culture change.

Culture 47

Culture Philanthropy Marketing Create 47

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

Anisha Desai is the Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center. Founded in 1990, the Women of Color Resource Center promotes the political, economic, social and cultural well-being of women and girls of color. Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy.

Resource 40

Resource Interview Policy Issue 40

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. It doesn’t really change anything.

Open Source 100

Open Source Convio Nonprofit Hype 100