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Weekly update from PND

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Austin Russell creates $70 million fund at Central Florida Foundation. The Central Florida Foundation in Orlando has announced a $70 million contribution from Luminar Technologies founder and CEO Austin Russell to create a charitable fund. A weekly update with the latest news from PND. December 30, 2021.

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Kickstart a successful fundraising year with Candid Seals of Transparency 

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Give funders accurate and up-to-date information about your nonprofit Candid profiles inform donor-advised funds and charitable giving platforms like Network for Good and Facebook. Establish strong relationships by keeping funders in the loop Funders want to hear from you and stay up to date on your progress on funded projects.

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In conversation: using data and education to advance racial equity at MEASURE

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Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX. Black-led organizations receive only 1% of philanthropic funding. To disrupt this system of philanthropic racism, we are intentionally leveraging the GuideStar tool and receiving funding as a result.

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How Donorbox powers these nonprofits’ fundraising

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As a non-profit organization, the main barrier organizations face is securing sustained and long-term funding. Combined with an evolving scale-up strategy, Donorbox remains a pivotal tool in Truthout’s quest to strengthen its sustainable funding sources. After 12th grade, Shanti Bhavan also covers their university education.

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SXSW 2022: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity featuring Ann Mei Chang and Meme Styles

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In the second half of the talk, Meme Styles, founder and president of MEASURE , shares how having a Candid profile and adding to this broader data has improved funding and equity for the small nonprofits she works with in Austin. .

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Let’s Connect at 2012 SXSW

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As the Membership Director at NTEN , and as a speaker at this year’s SXSW Interactive , I hope to be able to connect with all of you that may be coming to Austin for the festival or based in the Austin area. Fork over your lunch money to a local Austin organization and Convio will match your donation!

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PhilanthroTech: How Nonprofits Are Using Crowdfunding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m headed down to Austin, TX for SXSW where I will have the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on measuring social media with KD Paine with case studies by David Neff and Carie Lewis. They build up an online and offline community, create great projects, and then ask the community to fund them through donations.

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