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Building evidence and innovating programs to reduce disparities in children’s well-being 

Candid

The Race for Results report series tracks how children across racial and ethnic groups are faring at the state and national levels on key education, health, and economic milestones. The national child poverty rate fell from 9.7% in 2021, the lowest rate on record, according to the U.S. The expanded CTC lifted 2.9

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A Kiva.org for Native American Entrepreneurs?

Have Fun - Do Good

As our nation grapples with its problems, American Indians are uniquely situated to lead with finding solutions." --Rick Williams, President & CEO of the American Indian College Fund on his blog, In a Good Way. This is what we call 'Thinking Indian.' According to the U.S.

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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

The average nonprofit email campaign has less than 25% open rates and less than 3% click-through rates. Your focus should be on trying to get your local television station, your local newspaper, your local radio station – or maybe you pitch the national news (depending on the nature of the story). It won’t hurt.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

But here at M+R, we've seen hard data contradict brilliant theories often enough to know that testing is essential, so we put personal stories to the test for a major national health organization. Once again, the story version came in second, with a 20% lower click-through rate and a 25% lower response rate.

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[VIDEO] Get More Grants with Donor Cultivation

Bloomerang

So that means that I sat five hours for a really, really long multiple-choice test, and have a whole bunch of credentials that say I get national certification for doing this. And I’ve just seen we range from Florida to Alaska, California, Indiana, New York, Canada. And GPC stands for Grant Professional Certified.

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Research Friday: Strengthening the Economy through Civic Engagement

ASU Lodestar Center

A recent report authored by several partner organizations, including the National Conference on Citizenship , CIRCLE , Civic Enterprises , the Saguaro Seminar , and the National Constitution Center suggests that there may be a correlation between civic engagement and the unemployment rate. Data were taken from the U.S.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

The homicide rate, as people are probably aware of, has just really increased in the last few years in Oakland, where I live. And as Britt said, I also am the Art and Media Director at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights , which is based out of Oakland. We have four initiatives.

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