Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Guest Post by the Packard Foundation OE Team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

This was an award-winning filmmaker, who had spent years of her life, thousands of her own dollars, and probably a relationship or two to bring her poignant, hybrid, social issue documentary to the light of day (or in her case, a night on PBS following a limited theatrical release). But they don’t necessarily think of this as evaluation.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

We’ll go over how to evaluate your organization’s own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to employee engagement strategies later on. Each role has specific responsibilities, and training helps set a foundation for each worker’s confidence. Tech stack. Why is employee engagement important? Lack of leadership support.

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MAY 16, 2022

Grants aren’t always easy to get, but with a well-written proposal, you can blow your competition out of the water. A nonprofit grant is a financial donation given to an organization from a foundation, corporation, or the government, otherwise known as grantmakers. Private foundations. These are considered private foundations.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2013

Seek support for a “fundable” project: Grants are usually awarded to projects, not to unrestricted annual support. And, just because a foundation believes in your mission doesn’t mean they are going to say yes to your request. Most states, often in partnership with the Foundation Center, publish comprehensive funder directories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). It was organized by Ed Schipul. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

In my last blog I talked a bit about transparency and how it will apply to organizations seeking grant awards in 2017. Evaluate your conflict resolution process. In this post I would like to share my thinking around the importance of demonstrating to the grantmaker that your organization reaches out to, and includes, varying cultures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

I did a roundup of nonprofit panel proposals a few weeks back and wanted to give you an updated list. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Lisa Tacker and her team at Two Ten Footwear Foundation , a charitable foundation based near Boston, were scrambling. Through hurricanes, fires, floods, the pandemic, and more, Two Ten awards millions of dollars in emergency relief each year, and they rely 100% on donor dollars to do it.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change. It was organized by Ed Schipul. about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. There is a big difference between a federal application and then a private corporate foundation application. This is through the Kellogg Foundation.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. 24th Annual Conference for Institutionally Related Foundations.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Director of foundation relations, so you’ll probably know a few things we talk about today. Looking for foundations that fund similar organizations means that those foundations might be well aligned for you as well. Foundation Directory Online, which I’ve listed as number one, is our very favorite. Fantastic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Maine Health Access Foundation did an experiment on Facebook , including it in its channel to promote a funding opportunity but also posted the initial letters of inquiry on their Facebook page to get feedback. The measure of impact is to determine whether the comments and feedback strengthened or improved the final proposal.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

USAID contractors collect enormous amounts of valuable data as part of research, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation activities. Awards would be provided to students as publications of their ideas and USAID leadership recognition. USAID Should do More to Require their Contractors to Share Data. Vote for this Idea].

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2020

Foundations are in the midst of a sudden and unexpected upheaval of long-held grantmaking practices. Foundations have a fiduciary responsibility to be good stewards of their endowment. Once submitted, the application is scrutinized and debated across the organization –often requiring time consuming revisions of the proposal.

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