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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Previously served as CEO of The Seany Foundation, a pediatric cancer foundation. The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. Caryn York.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom. I was frustrated, but I also knew it was a frustration felt by teachers all over the city.”

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The Future of Social: Gen Z

NonProfit Hub

She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. You can read more her here.

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Romancing the Donor

Connection Cafe

Author: Cheryl Black. Employees could then buy individual raffle tickets at $1 or a dozen for $10, with all ticket sales going to fund local research into cardiovascular disease prevention. With results of tax credits, name recognition, and most importantly, funds for the nonprofit, the raffle was a win-win for everyone.

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14 Nonprofit Books Recommended by Top Industry Experts

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It is also a poignant memoir from the author, who left a job in credit analysis at Chase Manhattan Bank to pursue humanitarian work. Jacqueline Novogratz has worked as a consultant for UNICEF and started the Acumen Fund, a nonprofit venture capital fund that invests in ideas and companies leading the way in the struggle against poverty.

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Book Review: “Charity Case”

Connection Cafe

Back then, Dan was the chair of the Harvard Hunger Action Committee that led a 4,200 mile cross-country bike ride to fight hunger. Dan Pallotta would go on to invent the multi-day charitable event industry with the AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Days.

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