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NCOA Gets $8M Gift From Scott

The NonProfit Times

Funds will support work to address “systemic inequities that make it more difficult for women, people of color, LGBTQ+, low-income and rural Americans to age with dignity,” according to the Arlington, Va.-based based advocacy group, which announced the gift today.

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New on SSIR: Can Giving Days Strengthen Your Community?

Amy Sample Ward

don’t embark on fundraising without a plan for using the funds, we can’t adopt a new fundraising approach without proper training. For me, the key to this report is that we can’t determine the success of a major fundraising initiative solely by the amount of funds it raises. Just as organizations (usually!)

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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Elaina Todd, an environmental planner who develops social marketing campaigns with the nonprofit conservation group Rare, is profiled in our most recent case study for Benetech’s Miradi software. Miradi, is used by nature conservation practitioners around the world to design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects.

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Charitable Giving in Higher Education: A Conversation with CASE’s Sue Cunningham

sgEngage

The second largest category overall is to academic divisions and departments (18.6%), where some funds may support student scholarship. We have received funding to appoint the first Director of the CASE Opportunity and Inclusion Center and are developing significant programming to support advancement professionals in this vital work.

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IMIS Cultivates Strong Business Partners

Forj

This ASI business model is particularly attractive to non-profits today since they provide alternatives to the monopolistic consolidation efforts of private equity funded groups like Community Brands. The total number of IMIS partners exceeds 80 groups that operate in over nine countries.