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Foundations step up funding to bolster trust in local news 

Candid

Major foundations leading the charge In 2023, a coalition of partners led by the MacArthur and Knight Foundations launched a five-year, $500 million initiative to enhance local news reporting and bolster democracy and trust in American institutions. In Sacramento, California, the James B. million to 44 POC-led and -serving organizations.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

August 19, 2021 Lincoln Center in New York City has announced a $20 million gift from Lynne and Richard Pasculano to help revitalize opera, jazz, theater, and dance programming across its campus, the New York Times reports. Independence Public Media Foundation awards grants totaling $4 million.

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Tips to Prepare for Effective Grant Seeking

ASU Lodestar Center

The art aspect refers to how well an inspired writer describes a project and the grant-seeking organization. Grant funding can be a great way for a nonprofit to boost its revenue, with giving by corporations and foundations in the United States in 2013 amounting to $67 billion. Unclear and unconvincing project descriptions.

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Types of Grants That Every Nonprofit Should Know

sgEngage

Of the many ways a nonprofit organization can get funding, grants often seem like the holy grail. There is a lot more to grant funding than “free money.” Before you start applying for grants, you need to understand where the funding is coming from and the expectations from that organization. billion in grants in 2021.

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8 Top Corporate Giving Trends to Watch in 2024 + Examples

Nonprofits Source

Charitable Giving Stipends: Companies can award employees with gift cards or add funds designated for donating to their accounts within their employee giving portal. That’s why more companies are turning to year-round strategies like corporate volunteer grants, matching gifts, fundraising matches, and corporate volunteering.

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[VIDEO] Demystifying the Grants Lifecycle: Grant Seeking Lessons and Pro-tips from the Field

Bloomerang

Rachel Sacks, MPH will help demystify all five phases of the grants lifecycle: identifying well-aligned prospects, cultivating funder relationships, preparing compelling submissions, maintaining grants through stewarding and reporting, and submitting renewals. We are here to talk about “Demystifying the Grants Lifecycle.”

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An Interview with Jo Lee of CitizenSpeak

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As reported by the Executive Director of N-TEN, Katrin Verclas earlier this week, The Antonio Pizzigati Prize was awarded to George Hotelling , an open source software developer who built CitizenSpeak. But a big congratulations goes to Jo Lee. - You can read case studies here. How did you hook up with George Hotelling?