Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

Song Reader didn''t come as a CD, or an LP, or a bunch of digital audio files. There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). There are twenty songs in Song Reader.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 10, 2021

While it’s easy to make a copy of digital files, it’s not possible to fake the creation and ownership of the asset. There are many exchanges to find NFTs and each one tends to specialize in different types of art or styles. One interesting use of NFTs is to incentivize community building and participation.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

And that work can come in a variety of forms: work by your grantee to fill out long applications with questions about programs, finances, staff, sustainability, and internal controls that get read and then filed. Or it can be your research and conversations to confirm the dedication to a shared mission.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Matt’s past work includes fundraising for the University of the Arts, Ursinus College, University of Cincinnati and the Boy Scouts of America. or “I love filing so much! All of this is to build their confidence in your nonprofit, especially when they see that community leaders are volunteers, too. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Early each semester I graph five years-worth of the number of Arizona nonprofits that gained status as income-tax-exempt under §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. I used the file that was uploaded on June 2. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

Define the audience as donors, volunteers, clients, staff, board members, or community supporters. End with a call to action to illustrate the outcomes such as behavioral change, financial support, volunteerism, community activism, and/or policy change. Story: How are you telling the story?

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Working with trusted community partners with deep history and expertise on grantmaking for racial equity, we responded this month by updating our special issue site on funding for racial equity. arts, education, health) or use any number of approaches (e.g., service delivery, research, advocacy). so far are only?a a fraction of?what

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I have different color codes for different types of work that also correspond with color codes on my google calendar and my hard drive/google drive files. It is also a pivotal year for many community foundations as they consider whether to ramp up or wind down giving day initiatives in their communities. Year in Review.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

Offering the option to donate in-kind resources opens up the opportunity for the entire community to participate in your organization’s mission, regardless of how much money they have. Arts and crafts. Whatever you choose, people in your community will jump at the opportunity to clean out their closets for a good cause!

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 17, 2012

Like many people, every year as I file my taxes I have an itchy feeling when I consider I might be audited by the Internal Revenue Service. I have always been squeaky clean honest in my filings, but the idea of being scrutinized by people portrayed as whimsical and unreasonable is nerve-wracking. Bring the files and/or data to them.

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sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2011

But in June 2011, 275,000 nonprofit organizations lost their tax-exempt status for failure to file legally required documents for three consecutive years. Family foundations provided approximately 48% of all grants by independent, community, and operating foundations in 2010. Kaufman to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Files: Is your organization the holder of the official record of something?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This post features an interview with Sarah Schultz, a museum staffer at one of the institutions Light profiled in the book (the Walker Art Center). Sarah has worked at the Walker since 1992 and is currently the Director of Education and Community Programs. We created a teen arts council, invested in staff, and invested in programming.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 9, 2013

Sparked is a project-based microvolunteering site, where nonprofit organizations “challenge” the Sparked community, and the volunteers then respond. I am relatively new to the Sparked community, having only been an active member for a couple of months, but it’s the microvolunteering site that I am most familiar with. Like this article?

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CauseVox

JANUARY 31, 2022

CauseVox’s Pledge Now, Pay Later (PNPL) is a state-of-the-art pledge donation option (similar to buy now, pay later for donors!) The Phi Epsilon chapter of Chi Omega at Ball State University is offering PNPL as part of their capital campaign to invest in a new community lodge. Capital Campaigns. That means you can set it and forget it!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As an aficionado of cute animal pictures, I of course admire their mastery of the art. They issued a press release and will be sending a message to their full house file. Everybody who uploads a photo gets a discount coupon to their online store. Their CEO shot a video and blogged about the milestone.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

While most undergraduate programs cover the basics of accounting, the practices of a nonprofit bring a new level of complexity to the art of numbers and reporting. A nonprofit is a community-owned entity stewarded by a board of directors. Form 990: Unlike their for-profit counterparts, nonprofits file a Form 990 as their tax return.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2017

Other examples have included farmers’ markets, newspapers, law groups and art centers. With that being said, it is an option to file as an L3C in one of the above locations then qualify it as a foreign entity for your desired state. Among the benefits, starting an L3C is a very simple filing process—almost identical to that of an LLC.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2015

Kluwe filed the petition believing that his support for LGBT rights cost him his job. I refined my art for persuasion. He wants to close the gap between decision-makers and the people who want to take action on issues affecting their lives and communities. Why is this issue important? Why will this action help?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As part of my current career, I've managed a website redesign or creating and filed a nonprofit's annual tax return. People with liberal arts degrees can inadvertently find themselves in tech support and/or management roles in an organization. Following are just a few words of advice from the NTEN Community.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Food banks work hard to fight against increasingly pervasive hunger in our communities. When Thanksgiving rolls around, there may be people in your community in need of a turkey for their tables. Use lots of images to show your nonprofit’s impact on the community you serve. Team up with a local organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits August 13, 2008 I love these tidbits blog posts. MPower has started to generate some community-driven development. I’m excited to see what community-driven development can do!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2020

Address Verification Service (AVS): Require AVS to ensure the billing address of the cardholder matches the address on file with the credit card company. . Card Security Code (CSC) check : Set up your donation forms to require t he three- or four-digit number that appears only on the constituent’s credit card and nowhere else. .

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2011

billion for 2010, includes estimated amounts for charitable deductions claimed on tax returns filed for 2010 and charitable giving by individuals who did not itemize deductions. Arts, culture, and humanities organizations received an estimated 5% of donations in 2010, a slightly larger share than the 4% received in 2009.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I hope you can take a moment to tell us how donations you've gotten through TechSoup have helped you serve your community. It first works with local community people to see what its children need and then tailors programs that are specific to that locale. Send it to community@techsoup.org. How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2007

Almost ten years ago, I was faced with the task of archiving an online community, Arts Wire. The archive consisted of porting.txt files from unix-based discussion forums. Our funding ran out and we couldn't continue.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

As a reuse organization, its motto is "make art, not waste." Cary Creative Center has an art materials reuse store where people in the community can buy pretty much anything an arts teacher might want. QuickBooks for Nonprofits helps volunteers produce timely reports and filings. " RE-Volv.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Vu is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the Executive Director of Rainier Valley Corps, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color,= and fostering collaboration between diverse communities. Kristen Hadeed. kristenhadeed.com.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The key to successful financial reporting is to motivate managers to read and understand your communications instead of giving them a quick glance and filing them away (or worse, deleting them). Here are seven tips for making your financial reports more engaging. Close the books and issue financial reports each month.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology This guy is right on April 18, 2007 A blog reader introduced me to a new blog by a guy named Phil Jones. Opening whatever you throw at it: say “open&# , find a file, and Excel will at least try to open it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Participants may improve their painting abilities, try their hand at some knitting, or do whatever other sort of art they like without having to leave the comfort of their own home. Best yet, you could even offer some of the art produced in the class as auction items during your next fundraiser. 26) Community business fair.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2011

Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Welcome to Research Friday ! However, although you cant see it on the linked page, about one in four of these corporations is in some stage of delinquency or dissolution, often from failing to pay an annual fee or file an annual report. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 16, 2021

Writing an appeal letter is part art and part science. If you are introducing your organization to the community, an oversized postcard will get the job done. What story should you tell? How should you word the Ask? How much should you ask for? Should you enclose a return envelope? With a stamp already on it or not?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Welcome to Research Friday ! Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D. This is great news.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2006

via Johanna Bates, nonprofit technology geek extraordinaire who works for Community Partners send me this update about a project that her husband, Colin Mitchell, just helped launch. He works for this non-profit that supports independent, non-corporate audio and video file sharing (among other things).

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. The content focuses on the question of WHY we collect and how our collections reflect our individual and community identities.

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