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Social Innovation: Harnessing What Works to Address Critical National Challenges

Have Fun - Do Good

I've been hearing a lot about the Social Innovation Fund lately, an element of the Serve America Act. To learn more about the Fund, I attended a panel called Social Innovation: Harnessing What Works to Address Critical National Challenges at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service.

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Will Your Nonprofit Cease to Exist? Here’s What You Can Do to Make Sure That Doesn’t Happen

Bloomerang

Here are signs your nonprofit may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than the full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time or it has shrunk. In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” Alexander Hamilton sings about who he and America are meant to be. Dream bigger. .

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Forward Unto the Breach: Don’t Rest on Nonprofit Laurels

Bloomerang

Here are signs your work may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time, or it has shrunk. In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” the lead character of Alexander sings about who he and America are meant to be. First, assess where you are.

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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

Tech Soup

million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Founder and executive director Pamela Clark says, "Without GoToMeeting, there would have been no way to teach these kids." This story was written by Jim Lynch, director of green technology at TechSoup.

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Nonprofit Blog Exchange

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They were normal kids, except they lived in the Cabrini-Green neighborhood of Chicago, where the role models and life experiences were anything but what normal kids in most parts of America grow up with. This is the neighborhood that shocked the nation in 1992 when 7-year old Dandrell Davis was shot and killed while walking to school.

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

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He is currently a Fellow in the Food and Society Policy Fellows Program, which is a national project of the W.K. It was very simple, nutrient-dense, leafy greens, root vegetables, and fresh fruit from the trees in their front yards, and nuts from the trees in their yard and the neighbors' yards. Kellogg Foundation.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

Green Foundation. Their unique model of local fundraising and local giving through their chapters engages thousands of women across North America to give generously in support of their mission. They invest in women across the Americas by funding community initiatives and fostering collaborations to create social change.