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Storytelling for Grant Writers: 10 Tactical & Stylistic Tips

Achieve

As you lay out the context for your proposal, consider how you frame your nonprofit’s mission, history, community, and more. Applying for grants is a very worthwhile investment of your nonprofit’s time but only if you’re equipped with the tools and resources you need to succeed. Is the tone nihilistic or optimistic?

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Fighting for a cause

ASU Lodestar Center

My internship took place at Fairbanks Youth Advocates in Fairbanks, Alaska. I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. My first day on the job was to familiarize myself with the organization by learning about their history and development. I looked up shelters all over the U.S. and Canada.

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40+ Unforgettable Live Auction Items that Sell Well

Bloomerang

Popular destinations include the Caribbean, Alaska, and New Zealand. For example, you could create a bundle with art, history, and science museum passes. Want to explore fundraising tools that can help you plan excellent events and raise more? Offer cruise packages as part of your auction lineup to appeal to travelers.

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A Kiva.org for Native American Entrepreneurs?

Have Fun - Do Good

Census Bureau , the 2007 poverty rate of people who reported they were American Indian and Alaska Native, and no other race, was 25.3%. As far as I know, nothing like it exists, although it could, now that Kiva has opened its API so that developers can build their own tools to fund entrepreneurs. Whaddya think?

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Funding Personal and Social Transformation: Paula Sammons, Seasons Fund

Have Fun - Do Good

And Social Justice Leadership, a group that offers tools and trainings to grassroots organizers in New York City. History has proven, and we know today, that they are a core part of effective social movements in the United States. Why is it important to fund projects like these at this time?

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here are some of their stories: Aleda Schaf fer A student at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, Aleda Schaffer has worked as an American Sign Language Interpreter in Washington, DC, Alaska and Boston. She also loves the fact that Benetech is based in California’s naturally beautiful Bay Area.

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7 Words to Avoid During Thanksgiving (and All Year Round)

Whole Whale

History of Thanksgiving. Some take issue with the narrative of Thanksgiving for the way it obscures the long history of war and massacre of European settlers against Native Americans. As a result of that long history, there are many features our language today that are rooted in genocide of Native Americans and remain insensitive.

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