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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

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As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy. Advisory committees let your nonprofit work with others who want to see you succeed.

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Highlights from Candid’s most popular philanthropic resources in 2023?

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As the saying goes, “knowledge is power.” Candid’s Issue Lab is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing social sector knowledge. To build trust and prioritize community voices, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Community Fund adopted a participatory grantmaking practice in 2021 and 2022.

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Thursday Thoughts | Creative ways to show supporter love and demonstrate impact

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Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Alternatively, you can highlight your supporters’ stories! Check out our last installment here !

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Reframe, commit, and expand: How to meaningfully invest in Black leaders

Candid

Black voices, Black spaces. They’re dreaming and building an alternative world that commits to removing oppression—not reforming it. Every time we think of this power as something we don't have, we sacrifice the alternative future for the probable one. The power to build a just and equitable world belongs to all of us.

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6 Ways to Create Buzz Around Your Charity Golf Tournament

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With the right tools in place, anyone can organize a golf tournament, regardless of their golf knowledge or experience. Alternatively, you could ask it to brainstorm outreach channels and digital campaign ideas. Get more golfers and sponsors to the green with these insider tips to create buzz and promote the tournament.

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20+ Nonprofit Tools You Need to Get Your New Nonprofit Up and Running

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If you want greater security than Drive offers, Dropbox and Box are popular alternatives. There are many free and low-cost Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) options, which can be used through your computer and your phone. Google Voice is a great place to start for as low as $10 a month. Ask before signing up!

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

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In the absence of knowledge of what the right thing is, your Board is probably swinging in the dark because they truly don’t know what is expected of them. I’d like to hear from our other members, though, so they can speak without being influenced by your knowledge or experience.” What’s on the Agenda? Show a video.

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