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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation named 13 organizations as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The Award, which recognizes exceptional grantees and helps ensure their long-term sustainability, provides each organization with up to $1.5 million, depending on the size of its budget. The tool was Ushahidi.

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Identify, Track, and Analyze Gifts with New Grants Management on EveryAction

EveryAction

These contributions are typically high dollar grant awards that come from foundations, corporations, or the government. Here's how it works: Grant Management plans consist of three main sections: Grant Proposal, Award, and Grant Details. Many nonprofits receive anywhere from 10-90% of their revenue from foundation grants.

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Where to Find Grants for your Nonprofit Organization

NonProfit Hub

If you find a federal grant that interests your organization, you’ll need to go through the following stages: Pre-Award Phase. This is the phase where you’ll seek out new grants that are applicable to your organization and work toward submitting an application that matches the given criteria. Award Phase.

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POGO Wins IMA Award!

Connection Cafe

We want to offer a BIG congratulations to Project On Government Oversight (POGO) for their Interactive Media Award (IMA) for Outstanding Achievement ! IMA - the Interactive Media Award competition is open to individuals and organizations involved in designing, devleoping, managing, supporting and promoting websites.

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Beyond the Basics: Advanced Strategies for Engaging Board Members in Fundraising Efforts

Whole Whale

Governance and Leadership Skills Have you served on a board before? As we move forward into the next phase of our organization’s growth, I wanted to take a moment to share my vision for our fundraising efforts and the critical role that each of you plays in achieving our goals. tabling at events, community presentations, etc.)?

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Grant Seeking 101: Finding the Right Fit

Connection Cafe

there are over 86,000 grantmaking organizations awarding over $60 billion in grants each year. In Canada, there are over 10,000 public and private foundations awarding $6.7 The government provides grants at the federal, state, and local levels. In the U.S., billion in grants annually. Grantors come in many shapes and sizes.

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Ideas Wanted to Increase Participation in Elections

Tech Soup

In the past, more than 20 grants have been awarded for each challenge. Go to newschallenge.org during the submissions phase and click the "add your entry" button anywhere on the site. The Application Process Is Easy. The initial application should take about half an hour. No project budget is required for the initial entry.

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