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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward.

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Providing education for incarcerated students

M+R

We would focus on promoting research and elevating awareness about the benefits of postsecondary education in prison and the need for incarcerated people to access Pell Grants, all while trying to change state policies to provide more financial support and generate momentum for federal action. Two years in, we expanded our focus to the U.S.

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New and Improved Data Visualization Tool: Maps for Media Funding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The term “media” now means so much more than journalism and documentary film. It encompasses a vast array of activities from developing mobile phone apps to launching advocacy campaigns to strengthening the policies and infrastructures involved in media creation, transmission and access. Media Access and Policy.

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Forum One Takes Home 8 WebAwards!

Forum One

The app includes journals and trackers to allow parents to record important information about their journey, a glossary of commonly used terms, a community and resource library, a directory of NICU family support partners, a postpartum checkup, and more.

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Why All Companies Must Explore the Role of Ethics in Technology

Cloud 4 Good

Salesforce, for example, founded its Office of Ethical and Humane Use to help build and foster a culture of responsibility as it relates to technology use, instilling a strategic framework around product, law, policy, and ethics to ensure the humane use of technology across Salesforce’s many clouds.

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Forum One Wins 10 Davey Awards

Forum One

NRDC combines the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of more than 700 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

Jara Dean-Coffey, founder and director of the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, in the American Journal of Evaluation Shifting towards Grantee Perspective Many grantmakers, and perhaps particularly participatory grantmakers, have embraced learning and reflection approaches.