Candid

APRIL 19, 2022

LOHR rehabilitates horses and connects them to people in the community who benefit from equine assisted therapy, including people on probation, victims of domestic violence, first responders, foster children, veterans, and others. We had no time to plan, so we got creative and looked for alternative revenue sources. Lessons learned .

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

If you’re struggling to make ends meet, you’re probably using a broken funding model — meaning your organization cannot survive into the future on the funding you are receiving now. Broken Funding Models for Nonprofits Truly, it’s not your fault. Broken Model #1: Self Pay. Broken Model #2: Sole Source Funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

Startup nonprofits, nonprofit newbies, umbrella organizations, community foundations, mentors… there are a lot of ways people may think about or refer to fiscal sponsorships, even if they’re unfamiliar with the term “fiscal sponsorship.” Put simply, fiscal sponsorship is an alternative method to obtaining tax-exempt status.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. So far, that sounds pretty familiar to how all companies operate.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Advances in technology, such as cryptocurrency, NFTs, and virtual reality experiences, have elicited a multitude of reactions from the community at large, ranging from enthusiasm to skepticism to complete disdain. . Alternatively, some companies have created online “merch,” like shirts that people can buy for their virtual avatars. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

From creating digital learning opportunities and initiatives to protect girls’ mental well-being to securing national funding for education — the Champions we support are driving solutions to girls’ education challenges in their communities. . The game-changing part of Nayla’s platform? It doesn’t require internet access.

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Education Lebanon Nigeria Broadcast 92

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

These rigid structures also mean that we wait for results (even if it’s in 6-to-12-month pilot studies), or we copy and paste best practices from other communities based on the assumption that what works in one place will work in another. What if the need in the community shifts? Redefine Learning by Focusing on the Greatest Benefit.

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Collaboration Impact Test Grant 71

Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

We’re acknowledging eight nonprofits leading the charge with dedicated fundraising campaigns as communities unite to support a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable planet. All participants receive a virtual Earth Day kit with a face mask, trash bags, information to clean up litter in the local community, and some fun stickers.

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San Diego San Francisco California Conservancy 126

Non Profit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2019

These companies will hear, help, and heal the customers and communities they serve. Gradually, an alternative market is developing. This is still early days and the new growth models represent tiny numbers that do not come close to approaching the $99.5-billion The “zebra” model, if it takes off, won’t fix every problem.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Twenty years ago, I was privileged to serve as a senior consultant and trainer with the newly created Center for Corporate Community Relations at Boston College (now the Center for Corporate Citizenship). Notwithstanding countless initiatives and grants to address this dilemma, the business model problem remains.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Share logic models to increase dialogue and understand the theories and assumptions that underlie programs and investment decisions. Participatory processes engage diverse stakeholders in collective thought, action, and decision-making, while increasing the capacity of individuals and communities through skill building and empowerment.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Be sure to feature your mission and vision statements, impact on your community, and contact information. A question to ask yourself when you visit your nonprofit’s site is, “Can I easily understand what my organization’s purpose is and is it easy to measure the impact it has had on our community?” .

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Be sure to feature your mission and vision statements, impact on your community, and contact information. A question to ask yourself when you visit your nonprofit’s site is, “Can I easily understand what my organization’s purpose is and is it easy to measure the impact it has had on our community?” .

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2012

Free/Freemium is a business model. I’m questioning my choices and considering alternatives. Slap a “beta” on it and/or rely on the greater community to do the support work for you. Slap a “beta” on it and/or rely on the greater community to do the support work for you.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 22, 2010

Recent changes in Ning’s business model (see News & Views About Change for updates) have Network Creators wondering whether to pay to keep hosting their online communities on the Ning platform, or to start looking at alternatives. Back in 2008, founder Marc.( read more ).

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2019

She answered a few questions for us about their success with alternative funding and the journey they went on to create a diversified program. This fund consists almost exclusively of foundation grants and alternative funding sources like PRIs or public/private partnerships.

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Program Alternative Fundraising Fund 25

Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

Community science workshops. From a museum perspective, I think there's a lot to learn from these venues' business models, approach to collecting and exhibiting work, and connection with their audiences. But it is also a symbol of a movement for third places that combine commerce, design and community. PieLab (Greensboro, AL).

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2021

As many organizations begin eyeing the post-COVID fundraising landscape, many may find themselves in need of increased capacity to better serve their communities and drive their missions forward. . We’ll make our case and explain an alternative approach below, but first, let’s start with the fundamentals. What is a feasibility study?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 23, 2023

Community spotlight. Some consignment travel providers will curate vacation packages for nonprofits to use in fundraising, and you can get these risk-free if the provider’s model allows you to only pay for what you sell at your event. Fortunately, there are a number of solutions available.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Despite having modeled institutionalized sharing for literally centuries ( hello, public libraries! ) Sharing companies/platforms are just one place alternatives abound and money is flowing and good is getting done. There are some great examples of social good from innovative models in the sharing economy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

There has been some discussion about for-profit alternatives to the traditional nonprofit model, such as “B” (for benefit) and “L3C” (Low-profit Limited Liability Company) corporations, which combine low profits with a social mission. One such model is the Social Impact Bond (SIB). This risk assumption is the SIB innovation.

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Impact Research Tools Social 80

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The people who are recruited to serve on the Lead Gift Committee should be people who know the community well, people who are truly committed to the project, and people who aren’t afraid of fundraising. Alternately, you may worry that many of the people on that committee don’t have lots of connections to wealthy people.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

The DIAGRAM Center team has also created an image data content model which will provide standards to define and enhance the efficacy and interoperability of accessible images as the project evolves. The teacher could then add alternate image descriptions and download the book again when they are done.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I attended because I'm seeking new ways to share the MAH's model and support the development of more community-centered cultural institutions around the world. I learned a ton at Skid Row School, but the lesson that still keeps me up at night is this one: when you want to scale and spread a model, you have to distill it to its essence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Disruptive Model: School Project Crowdfunding. Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom. Disruptive Model: Social Network. Disruptive Model: Donation Crowdfunding. Disruptive Model: Apparel Crowdfunding. Disruptive Model: Project Crowdfunding.

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Platform Giving Fundraising Game 50

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

The implementation of innovation and adaptability is a business model that should not only be accepted but embraced by the third sector and its donors (members). Many member-based organizations “are struggling to maintain membership, generate and increase participation, attract volunteers, and compete with alternative service offerings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

The photo shows us modeling “shoulder to shoulder&# learning. In the early days, the nonprofit technology community was a small community of that was generously shared its knowledge and skills. (The He described the method as an alternative to technology lab classroom skills-based trainings.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2018

Now, you have a new vision--co-created with trustees and community leaders--for a path forward. Rockwell donated those paintings himself to the Berkshire Museum to be enjoyed in his home community. Cultural organizations, community members, and museum leaders have spoken out against the sale. You run a regional museum.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Readers will quickly become adept at : Leveraging all the lean resources around them , from their own skill set, local community, and personal circles to professional networks, online resources, and technology tools.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

We are especially concerned that the IP system ensures that it’s both easy to serve disadvantaged communities and to innovate. Publishers provide more than 80% of the thousands of books added each month to the virtual bookshelves of our online Bookshare library, under voluntary permission agreements modeled after the Chafee Amendment.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

If you want greater security than Drive offers, Dropbox and Box are popular alternatives. There are many alternatives to Foundation Directory Online, including GrantStation , GrantWatch , and Instrumentl , which offers a free two-week trial. Both tools offer some free storage and, for about $10 a month, you can get significantly more.

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Tools Nonprofit Doc Google 105

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

They made the decision to pivot to a different kind of event: an online brunch fundraiser based on the peer-to-peer model called A Toast to AuSM – and it’s one of our top crowdfunding and peer-to-peer website examples from 2021. They brought the fundraiser to their community instead of asking donors to come to them.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2017

An L3C, though, is a hybrid of an LLC and nonprofit business model, which is where an organization operates to benefit the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. And now the million dollar question: is this business model right for my organization? Should I start an L3C? All in all….

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In the course of the conversation, Devon Smith, a social media consultant from Threespot, started talking the problem of arts organizations that are no longer relevant or useful to their communities. Could each have offered MORE community value? What''s the alternative to this waste? Devon didn''t mince words. Absolutely.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Nonprofits Live provided a more robust and interactive alternative to the traditional webinar. The discussion featured guest speakers Jen Burton , community director at Causes ; Tom Dawkins , co-founder of StartSomeGood ; and Miles Orkin , national director for mobile and web at the American Cancer Society.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

If you have a site in your head you want to create or a site you admire that you want to model yours after, these platforms may not give you the flexibility you want. These sites basically say: There is an urgent need in our community. An alternative is to use stock photos, but this too brings challenges. You just drag-and-drop.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. "It wasn't by accident that we were approached as a partner for this project," says Alicja Peszkowska, communications specialist at TechSoup Europe.

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