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MacArthur Offers $100 Million For One Good Program

The NonProfit Times

MacArthur Foundation’s $100 million 100&Change competition has launched with roughly 1,000 nonprofits expected to vie for the winner take all award. Applications will be accepted online only , from May 22 to August 15, 2024. Complete applications are due before 5 p.m. The award will be announced in late 2025.

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Grants for Homeless Shelters: Where and How to Apply

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Homelessness is a significant problem in the United States. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness’ 2021 State of Homelessness report , there were 580,466 people in the United States who were experiencing homelessness in 2020, 30% of which were families with children. State and local government agencies.

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How inflation affects foundation grantmaking decisions

Candid

We added 8% to each grant award.” For example, several foundations prioritized funding to address basic needs and reach communities most impacted by inflation: “Due to the rise in homelessness and food insecurity in our country, grantmaking did lean more toward basic needs.” private and community foundations by total giving.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Focus on selling – Judge ads by sales results, not awards. A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. It exemplified the gap between advertising awards versus tangible business results. Blend time-tested principles with bold new applications.

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

Get Fully Funded

There are grants out there for programs, general operations, projects, and capital – but not all funders award all of these. Perhaps it’s a program grant to cover costs of running your homelessness program. Their “Lite” version offers you access to grantmakers in their database currently accepting applications. or keyword.

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Change the Web Challenge and Change.org Job Opening

Have Fun - Do Good

Hi Have Fun * Do Gooders - Below are two things I thought might interest some of you: *Change the Web Challenge * Social Actions Change the Web Challenge will award cash prizes to developers who create the best web applications from the Social Actions API. The deadline to submit your application is April 3.

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Trends in Grantmaking: Bring Your Community into Your Decision-Making Through Participatory Grantmaking

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Foundations and grantmaking organizations are trying to untangle some of the world’s messiest problems: homelessness, food insecurity, climate change, and the rights of people who are often overlooked, to name a few. They recognized they needed to expand who was at the table to select applications for funding.