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Trusting community organizers to build a multiracial democracy

Candid

Another example of successful power building is California Calls, a statewide coalition of grassroots community organizations that received large, multi-year investments to launch the Million Voters Project (MVP). Metrics must evolve to measure membership growth, leadership development, and voter turnout over longer periods of time.

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Human-Centered Design & AI: Google AI Impact Summit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Google’s challenge was not about cold hard cash, although they did award sizable grants and funding. The panel session about innovation shared lessons learned from both Google employees who were working with projects as well the nonprofits. Clearly, the challenge was more than just the technology.

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Foundation giving and payout: what changed in 2021?

Candid

Of continued interest is whether projected giving this year will continue to increase, given current inflation and market fears. . Like independent foundations, several commented that although total grant amounts increased, their payout remained the same or decreased due to growth in assets.? . Looking ahead: 2022 trends ? .

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Grant Seeking 101: Finding the Right Fit

Connection Cafe

In my last post on getting started with grants , we covered the basics of grants and how to determine if your organization was ready to apply for grants. Today, we’ll talk about how to find grants, and how to determine whether the grants you do find are a good fit for your organization. billion in grants annually.

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A Revolution in Documentary Film

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year’s Academy Award winning film – Inside Job – is one of the most powerful descriptions of what went wrong leading up to the financial collapse of 2008. With a project like Granito, the film is only the beginning and serves as an invitation for everyone to share their story.

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Voting on Art and its Surprising Consequences

Museum 2.0

Let's look at the statistics from three big participatory projects that wrapped up recently. Each of these invited members of the public to vote on art in a way that had substantive consequences--big cash prizes awarded, prestige granted, exhibitions offered. Fascinating (and long) article about the Mohn Award here.

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Social Media, Networks, and Data in Patient Healthcare Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The session included an update of Celgene’s work in patient advocacy and an announcement of their Innovation Impact Awards Program , focused on incorporating the patient voice into pharmaceutical and biotech research and development. Google” project has been described by some as a disruption of medical information.