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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

Foundations in the United States focus their funding priorities on many different issues. If your nonprofit is seeking funding, it’s critical to identify the foundations whose interests and funding priorities align with your own. Education is one of the more popular issues that many foundations focus on. Mellon Foundation.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

This data powers tools like Candid’s Foundation Directory , allowing users to see who’s giving what, where, and to whom. 2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. private and community foundations.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

The Awesome Foundation. New Earth Foundation. Cornell Douglas Foundation. Kellogg Foundation. Whole Kids Foundation. Emeril Lagasse Foundation. The Barney Family Foundation. Change Happens Foundation. The Harry Chapin Foundation. Johnson Scholarship Foundation. Burkle Foundation.

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3 Data-Driven Marketing Strategies to Maximize Major Gifts

Get Fully Funded

For example, if your after-school club has a donor who is passionate about childhood literacy, they may want to volunteer to read to the kids one afternoon. Liz is an award-winning copywriter and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, including ANA, DMAW, Bridge, and NTC. Respect their engagement level.

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Some Reflections about Social Data in the Cloud from the Social Innovation Summit 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The audience includes top corporate CSR executives, venture capital investors, government leaders, foundations, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs. One example comes from, StethoCloud , which developed a solution to diagnose childhood pneumonia.

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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

Have Fun - Do Good

MacArthur Foundation Fellow, a "genius grant," only the second farmer ever to be so honored. He was named the 2012 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award recipient. In 2008, Will was named a John D. and Katherine T. In May 2010, TIME magazine named Will to the TIME 100 World's Most Influential People.

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Fundraising Metrics: Don’t Just Count the Dollars

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Terry McManus Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, TGen Foundation We all know the old adage “what gets measured gets done,” but knowing what to measure is easier said than done. Vacation days, awards, and lunches are other inexpensive ways to reward performance. There are many other fun incentives we could offer.

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