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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

ASU Lodestar Center

Although the amount of grant funds currently available for general operating expenditures is still somewhat limited, more and more foundations are offering grants that include full costs, and some are even awarding separate grants specifically for overhead expenses. Nonprofit Research Collaborative (2012). Here’s what charities can do.

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Why investing in leadership development is a wise strategy

ASU Lodestar Center

From 2005-2010, 93 percent of organizations participating in the Haas Fund’s Flexible Leadership Awards met or surpassed their mission-advancing goals, and 13 of 14 organizations saw budget increases averaging 64 percent (Kapila, 2014). He has also volunteered with the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network.

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

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It just started off wonderfully that way, and that kind of collaboration, the thread of collaboration, you could follow it through the whole conference. Because I'm sitting out here in Tucson, Arizona where there are more cows than computers. That's the message I took with me, and it was just fantastic.