Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The foundations on this list are just a few of the many that understand the importance that youth empowerment plays in helping young people from all backgrounds grow and excel during this critical stage of their life. Grants typically range from $500-$2,000, depending on such factors as mission alignment and availability of funds.

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Grant Fund Cleveland Program 101

Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Also, don’t miss out on my lists for Education and Arts & Culture funders. Grant Research Tip: As you search beyond this list for potential funders, many foundations will state that they do not accept unsolicited requests for funding. See if any of these funders serve your community and if you qualify for funding.

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Conservancy Environment Grant Alaska 57

Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

She will provide insights into trends about who gives and where they are giving, and she will provide you with a set of tools and tactics to make sense of it all and apply it to real life. She has served as the vice president and creative director of a national fundraising firm and chief development officer in arts and higher education.

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Data Ohio Giving United States 98

Bonterra

AUGUST 15, 2022

Donor and Fundraising Solutions Supporter Engagement Solutions Program Management Solutions Corporate Social Responsibility Solutions Life Sciences Solutions Leave this field blank Restart quiz I have questions What are you looking to learn more about? First Name Last Name Email Address Phone Number Organization Name Organization Size Select.

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Phoenix Grant Case Study Disaster 52

Forum One

MAY 27, 2021

Organized by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) , this year’s 27th annual awards includes over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. Excellence – Website for Art. The Frist Art Museum. Without further ado: the winners!

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Award Communication Colorado Museum 74

Forum One

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The Anthem Awards were launched last year in response to the prevalence social good has taken within the national conversation and cultural zeitgeist. The 2022 inaugural competition received nearly 2,500 entries from 36 countries worldwide and winners are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

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Award Kansas City Museum Kansas 46

Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Researchers who have studied diversity for decades argue that positive outcomes associated with DEI have less to do with financial performance than with values, culture, and the kind of experiences that employees have within the organization. Unless you are committed to making a cultural change, the question of DEI is moot.

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Develop Pennsylvania Mentoring Newsletter 120

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The new Pollination Project is giving $1,000 seed grants to individual changemakers, every day, 365 days a year. You can find information about how to apply on the Pollination Project website, follow them on Twitter at @Pollinationproj, and like them on Facebook.

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Project Grant Change Detroit 79

Qgiv

MAY 1, 2023

Learn more about the origins of the heritage month, ways you can celebrate in your own life, and nonprofits you can support to make a difference in AAPI communities. Exploring Asian and Pacific art is also a great way to delve into AAPI history. Try AAPI cuisine AAPI cuisine is like no other cultural cuisine.

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Awareness Causes United States History 52

Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

She has served as the vice president and creative director of a national fundraising firm and chief development officer in arts and higher education. Benefactor Group is currently working with arts, culture, and educational institutions; human service organizations; the faith community; and others working to improve the quality of life.

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People Donation Ohio Online 59

The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll unveil the art of transforming individual stories into a collective force that not only resonates with your audience but also propels your cause forward. They serve as powerful tools for building trust and authenticity, showcasing real-life impacts of your organization’s work.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. Philanthropy Reconsidered: Private Initiatives – Public Good – Quality of Life. The state of grant seeking. Evaluating a Culture. Do we know best what others need?

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Mission : To safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. Mission : To grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Purchase Green Gifts ]. Purchase Inspired Gifts ]. Shop PBS ].

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There Has Been a Change In Your Nonprofit’s Scope Over time, technology, politics, and culture will impact your mission and how you approach it. They could be helpful in finding new ways to talk about your mission in your fundraising appeals, grant proposals, and more. Think about what would best speak to your audience.

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Examples Language Iowa Nonprofit 95

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts.

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Detroit Arts Public Support 49

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Arts and entertainment has the longest road to full job recovery at 18.3 months, followed by religious, grant-making, civic, and professional nonprofits at 13.4 The social life takes a hit, of course, but the pandemic allowed people to try out new arrangements (foster a pet, anyone?) months; and health care at 13.2

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Job Trend Nonprofit Search 78

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations.

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America Fund Resource Library 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

” And that’s a difficult question to answer – whether it is your social or network strategy or a work of art. In other words, when it comes to measuring the impact of arts and culture, we may be surprised by how much funders, creatives, advocates, and communities have in common. What resources will be needed?

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Measure Impact Evaluation Voice 106

Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

Take, for instance, the ways so many of us reconnected with extended family members through the modern miracle of Zoom, sharing meals and moments we probably wouldn’t have, or at least, would have taken for granted, in the “before” times. – Rob Shaw, Art Director . Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Anyone can apply for a grant and the public decides who wins. Each month, Pepsi will award grants up to $1.3 million to the winning ideas across six categories, including: Health, Arts & Culture, Food & Shelter, The Planet, Neighborhoods and Education.

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Project Contest Award Grant 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

Many of them, like the lightbulb , the phonograph , and the motion picture camera , were brilliant creations that have a huge influence on our everyday life. On Friday, I facilitated the final face-to-face workshop for the Social Media Lab for 25 arts organizations inspired by Thomas Edison’s approach.

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Social Media Media San Jose Social 99

Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. Her career has been dedicated to connecting people and places through performing arts . Oversees Millennium Challenge Corporation’s signature grant investment vehicle to reduce poverty through economic growth. Academic Institutions. Alnoor Ebrahim.

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Award Leadership Cleveland Hunger 57

Museum 2.0

JULY 2, 2014

What if we used art to activate space in a different way? I''ve been reflecting a lot recently on our museum''s work on " social bridging "--bringing people together across cultural, ethnic, geographic, generational, and socio-economic differences--and how to take it outside. Bridging is hard. Bonding is crowded. Bridging is wide open.

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Design Community Museum Hype 47

Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2015

Here's what she recommended via Twitter: Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology by Neil Postman — This cultural critique, originally published in 1991, presciently describes a society in which technology uses us (as opposed to a society that uses technology). Patrick is Tech Impact's executive director.

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Community Images Director NTEN 36

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Do you consider yourself an "activist" for your organization, avocation, or art form? Sure, I admire cultural organizations that have a strong mission to change education or diversify access or transform the role of art in everyday life, but I'm an insider. It's a distraction from their experience at our venue.

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Product Build Museum Arts 51

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2013

I spent the first few days of this week at Blackbaud’s Annual Conference for Nonprofits (#bbcon), and was granted the invaluable privilege of meeting and speaking with many of you : the forces that keep this industry thriving. What do you know about the “life blood” of your organization? I would love to hear them.

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Profile Blackbaud Stats Nonprofit 38

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life Filling the Well: Giving to Yourself Join My Village: Ladies Home Journal Do Good Challenge Make Someone's Day: Write a Letter Whew! We Inspire Grant : One year of creative services to one U.S. Become a YouTube Video Volunteer Is Volunteering Good for Your Health?

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Los Angeles Green Gift San Francisco 40

Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2015

Glancing through it in your car in the parking lot before entering the event, you notice a name you don’t know well (the attendee from the previous scenario) and read that your staff has noted that they are new to town, but had uncovered in a google search that they were a major donor to the arts organizations of their previous town.

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Research Donor Museum Arts 20

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Amber Grant Foundation. Amber Grant Foundation. Historically for female entrepreneurs, the Amber Grant can now be awarded to female-led nonprofit organizations with vision and passion.

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Empowerment Grant Fund Resource 79

Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Amber Grant Foundation. Amber Grant Foundation. Historically for female entrepreneurs, the Amber Grant can now be awarded to female-led nonprofit organizations with vision and passion.

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Empowerment Grant Fund Resource 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

The potential for being overwhelmed by technology is magnified in the workplace by something called “ Collaborative Overload ” Rob Cross and Adam Grant in a recent Harvard Business Review article. Make Solo Time A Part of Your Team Culture. Research has found that after hours emails contributes to the blurring of work/life boundaries.

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Collaboration Tips Tech Nonprofit 120

NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2014

Let’s apply nonprofit-logic to some day-to-day life choices: 1. …Even if you can use that camera to start an awesome photography business on the side and through that create a permanent, life-long supplemental income (which will pay off for your camera costs within six months). Starting a new program to try to nab a grant?

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Organization Attitude Camera Nonprofit 60

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. I honestly think the only kind of cultural institution that cannot support audience participation is one in which staff members don''t respect visitors or what they have to contribute.

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2015

Great Stories Grant Wishes: Using Audience Personas to Update Make-A-Wish’s Messaging : Learn how to identify your target audience based on learnings from Make-A-Wish’s audience persona development. See real-life examples that will help you better understand how to tell your own stories through data buried in all of those rows and columns.

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Registration Proposal Social Media Conference 20

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

The art of writing letters, and writing in general, has fallen by the way­side. Writing is a skill learned early in life, and most of us disliked writing and grammar classes as much as we disliked eating vegetables. Case Study: The lost art of writing. When was the last time you received a handwritten letter ?

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Tips Nonprofit Sample Skills 92

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2018

Boost in life-time value? For now, pick a floor and ceiling that feels about right (there’s way more art than science to this than you might think). Donors feel taken for granted. It will address probable deficiencies in your gratitude communications and foster a culture of philanthropy, all in one fell swoop. More money?

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