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April Cause Awareness: Global Volunteer Month

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If there’s an awareness month all nonprofits should have on their radar, it’s Global Volunteer Month! The first official volunteer awareness week was launched in Canada in 1943 to pay tribute to the many women who contributed to efforts during World War II to collect supplies and help wounded soldiers.

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Nonprofit Fundraising: Are You Choosing the Right Grants?

Blue Avocado

Grant funding is great, but often comes with requirements such as financial tracking of the award, measuring the program, reporting to the funder, and more — so look before you leap ! As many nonprofits are probably aware, multiple sources offer grant funds. First, let’s start with the most basic question.

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A crash course on trends analysis using Candid’s Foundation 1000 data set 

Candid

At Candid, we collect data on millions of grants and other transactions awarded by hundreds of thousands of funders across the globe. In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. Notes: “All transactions” are limited to those awarded by U.S.

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Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards Winners Announced

Amy Sample Ward

Both large and small nonprofits earned top honors this week for their attention-getting taglines, demonstrating again that an organization of any size can craft a powerful, pithy motto to build awareness and connect with its key audiences. 2009 TAGLINE AWARD WINNERS. Open minds. A great tagline can help people find you, too!

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Normalizing seeking support for mental health takes collective action

Candid

Although much has changed since I wrote my last article promoting May is Mental Health Awareness Month , the country is still dealing with many of the same issues that threaten the mental health of too many people. Thank goodness May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Number of Grants Awarded. billion to mental health causes.*

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10 Disciplines To Help You Stay Sharp And Energetic

Eric Jacobsen Blog

10-Year Thinking – Shift your mind from short-term thinking to thinking in ten-year time frames. We will show you how to experience total freedom from your mind, ego, and pain, while maximizing your energy, being incredibly creative, having a lot more fun, and making an even greater impact on the world.”

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Making Connections: 5 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Strategies

Achieve

Your organization can use peer-to-peer fundraising to encourage event participation, spread awareness for your mission, or simply raise more! There are a variety of P2P fundraising formats to choose from, ranging from awareness campaigns to online challenges or even ambassador-style campaigns. Choose your peer-to-peer campaign format.