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Non-Traditional Giving Days for Your Next Fundraiser

The Modern Nonprofit

This means that through most of the year, the fundraising beat sounds more like a faint pulse. to plan a monthlong peer-to-peer fundraising campaign: February = Black History Month, American Heart Month, Oral Hygiene Awareness Month, Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, Eating Disorder Awareness Month. 22nd : Earth Day — #EarthDay.

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Six Steps to Making Risky Projects Possible

Museum 2.0

I used the example of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, which has a mission statement that includes unusual words like “bold” and “fearless.” This may sound obvious and natural, but it’s easy to underestimate the power of institutional culture. Ask leaders to be accountable to the mission.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Sheroes in the Arts. Gentileschi is remembered, however, as an accomplished Baroque artist whose trials did not define her art.

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