Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

What are a few lessons from the book that are particularly applicable to non-governmental leaders? In fact, as we show in the book, in cases like efforts to reduce homelessness, non-governmental leaders often play a big role in creating public value. Eggers & Kettl : Making policy work isn’t a spectator sport.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2022

Utilizing hiring technology that hides applicant demographics. Currently, Brittney is the Engagement Manager at The Bridge for Youth, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “center youth voice, justice, and equity in all we do, and empowers youth experiencing homelessness through safe shelter, basic needs, and healthy relationships.”.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. South by Southwest Interactive is a major hotspot for new tools to launch, applications and platforms to find early adopters, and those looking for ideas or suggestions to get recommendations from others already exploring the newest, shiny toys. Tech Talk at SXSW.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2022

Although the HUD Exchange’s Continuum of Care focuses specifically on homelessness, other coalitions use a similar framework to address specific issues. This often leaves nonprofits in a vulnerable financial position as many service providers already have liabilities exceeding their assets, low cash reserves, and negative operating margins.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. For example, a homeless shelter in my area was given a piece of property in a prestigious community.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The QPR is designed to meet the new reporting requirements for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. We have gone beyond the "specifications" and included a number of tools to make the QPR more user friendly and useful across a broad set of HMIS applications.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In fact, having funding sources before you apply for a grant gives your organization credibility, making you stand out from the applicant pool. Writing about your organization will feel like second nature, and a lot of applications have similar, sometimes identical criteria.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

For example, if you can explain that $500 will cover the cost of feeding one person for six months at your homeless shelter, you are more likely to get donors at that level. Many nonprofits have not yet broken down their expenses into these bite-sized donation amounts. This is a perfect task for a board member.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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. Some focus only on program and project support, while others may offer general operating support (these are not as common, though). or keyword.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

" Organizations like Applications for Good and Code for America are engaging developers to build mobile tools with the needs of local communities in mind. One Applications for Good-developed app, called MyTaxBack , allows users to easily calculate the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Image: homeless man on cell phone, artie*.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

As a result, they implemented new focuses on trust building, modifying elements of the application process to center equity and expand access to applicants that otherwise might not have been eligible for grant support.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Ultralingua's dictionary and thesaurus software lets you to look up words both from the Ultralingua application and from within documents and on web pages. Tear Down the Language Barrier. On public computers. In communications. Make translating content on brochures, mailings, and press releases easier.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

For example, an animal advocacy organization with the goal of homing more pets than they did the previous year might have a mission statement like, “We work to reduce the number of homeless pets in the community by offering free rescue services and housing animals with volunteer foster homes.”

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

I recommended six grants for my 2019 year-end distributions and the entire process required an investment of twenty minutes of my time; and what a wonderful feeling it brought me to know that my local food bank, animal society, homeless shelter, and others will have much-needed, end-of-year support for their missions.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. South by Southwest Interactive is a major hotspot for new tools to launch, applications and platforms to find early adopters, and those looking for ideas or suggestions to get recommendations from others already exploring the newest, shiny toys. Tech Talk at SXSW. I've been….

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2020

While sizeable, complex impact investments like Kaiser Permanente’s $200 million to combat homelessness receive the most attention, most grantmaking programs are more modest, with hospitals investing about $500,000 to $2 million per year. Grantmaking programs are present at much smaller health systems as well as standalone hospitals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2015

Juan has not been her only applicant and has been able to raise the money to send several people through her program. She attended 2015 National Conference on Ending Poverty by A Wider Circle where she says she had an exhibitor table. “I I believe ending poverty requires as many people as possible to join the movement.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

They may not want to give you a grant if they see your animal welfare nonprofit is living off of your adoption fees or your homeless shelter is solely running on a large government grant. If you build it, they will come” is definitely not applicable to fundraising! Any one event or grant or other source could disappear in a moment.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. Blend time-tested principles with bold new applications. For nonprofits, this means focusing ads on your organization’s values, mission impact, and service results – the heart of your “product.”

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

New staff members can learn the basics of the applications your organization uses, while more experienced users can increase their knowledge. Job training for at-risk youth, veterans re-entering the workforce, or even homeless or transitional populations. Train on Over 150 Products.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Our second Impact Lab recently announced the Financial Aid Chatbot to support students as they navigate the FAFSA application.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 29, 2013

For the next few days I became familiar with runaway and homeless youth issues. applications were coming in, and within three weeks we had 34 great. to the FBI, along with an envelope to send the card and application out. The next big challenge was researching how to open an emergency youth shelter. and Canada. volunteers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 31, 2009

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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

charities are devoted to the work of human services like providing food to the hungry, shelter to the homeless, care to the sick, and legal aid to the dispossessed. It involves expertise like the ability to find applicable and valid supporting data from other data sources. It is the largest mission area in the social sector.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 11, 2015

All of them were successfully funded and your organization can learn from them: Waste Tire Market Development Grant Application. McKinney Vento Homeless. Check out the following grant proposals and read them at your leisure. Charlo and Dixon Read to Succeed. White Physical Education Program. London Family Center.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Maybe you’re a homeless shelter, and you want to partner with a shelter on the other side of town to better track and understand the community experiencing homelessness in your city. When we are focused on impact, we are able to see potential collaborations we may have missed before when we looked only at our programs or services.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. Katabi, Uganda: Using Social Media Applications for Development. Decatur, Illinois: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Nonprofit Software. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Wednesday, October 11, 2017.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2021

Instead of only using the term “homeless,” you should also use “unhoused” and any other synonym a searcher might use when referring to homelessness. For example, don’t limit your phrasing to “social services,” remember to say “human services,” too. SEO Basics Are Just the Beginning.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. Get a pen and paper and start with “This organization exists to…” and complete that sentence over and over, using different words and phrases. Avoid jargon, acronyms and insider talk.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

At the Cara Program, a Chicago-based nonprofit that helps adults affected by homelessness and poverty get and keep quality jobs, all stakeholders engage in a daily morning ritual that evolved organically over the organization’s 25-year history. Your organization’s donors don’t just interact with the development office.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

New applications and technologies. on homeless issues, access to healthcare, or wetland preservation are. note: This is the second in a fantastic series of guest posts by the authors of Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. This one comes to you from Kevin Lo of Techsoup Global. ] . are being developed at a rapid pace.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Recruit a variety of professionals for a career talk panel and reach out to college admissions officers to see if they would be interested in hosting college application workshops for your students. John Center for Homeless Men. Provide a little bit of support by hosting a virtual college and career prep workshop.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

Boulder Food Rescue provides food to homeless shelters, working-poor families, schools, charities, low-income housing cooperatives, and other organizations in need.

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sgEngage

MARCH 27, 2023

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.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

There are two major hurdles that must be overcome for an online community to succeed: the selection of appropriate community (or "social-networking") features that make sense for the community in question, and, secondly, actually implementing those features in your online application. But this won't get us an online community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Do you say homeless people or individuals experiencing homelessness?… Keep an eye on your team’s posts and be ready to like, comment or share when applicable. Do you use “they” in the singular to avoid binary language? Could the term “shelter” be a derogatory way to describe your animal protective sanctuaries?

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Candid

JUNE 20, 2023

Common examples of these complimentary datasets include grant, compensation, financial, census, and subject area-specific data, such as homelessness, climate change , and education. Streamline the grant application processes by auto-populating applicants’ demographic data in your current platform.

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