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Fighting for a cause

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I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. We worked on finding sites, and then mailed out 15 letters. Crisis Line to inform them of what we were doing. how to start a nonprofit Dick Erwin AmeriCorps' My internship took place at Fairbanks Youth Advocates in Fairbanks, Alaska. Like this article?

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Identification of these factors marked the beginning of our journey to discover how to consistently capture and leverage knowledge, information, innovation, and data…of our constituents, our partners and our staff. Explain why it will be important or informative for their work. Define your Call to Action. Never stop communicating.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on.

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Yeah, seems like I recall reading a quote from the IRS saying that a lot of their mail came back unreturned.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Lost Your Tax-Exemption? What Next ?

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What Next — posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center The IRS has begun to revoke the tax-exempt status for those nonprofit organizations that have not filed some form of a 990 (information report) for three years. These smaller nonprofits were not required to file a year-end information report.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Social Media is all.

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: The Board Chair and the.

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. The answer?