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Investing in capacity building: The vital role of general operating support for BIPOC-led nonprofits

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Foundation for Women’s report, Pocket Change: How Women and Girls of Color Do More with Less , as of 2017, the median foundation grant awarded to “organizations by and for women and girls of color” was $15,000. Not having a traditional operating structure: Smaller BIPOC-led organizations are creative by necessity, given resource constraints.

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A Guide to Email Accessibility Best Practices for Nonprofits

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By designing emails with clear and well-structured content, nonprofit organizations can ensure that everyone can engage in important conversations, receive essential information, and participate in your mission. Understanding WCAG Standards WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

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Unions and their role in the social sector

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In honor of Labor Day, this blog—the first in a two-part series—offers insights into the various roles that unions play within the social sector, based on data from available recent tax filings (2016 and on). . Unions award grants. What is a union? . Unions are both local and national.

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How to Write Job Descriptions for Your Nonprofit

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Writing job descriptions is essential to building your nonprofit’s organizational structure and ensuring that employees understand their responsibilities. They also help to clarify where a role fits into the collective organization. What is the Purpose of the Role? What is the Purpose of the Role?

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

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Philanthropy plays a crucial role in helping communities prepare for and respond to global disasters and supports the long-term recovery that individuals and communities face after disasters. Cargill Foundation awarded several multi-year disaster grants in 2019. With wildfires posing an increasing threat in the U.S.,

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

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Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). Intern Roles (if any). MacArthur Foundation and an award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Miscellaneous (3 percent). Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent). Alternative Supports (<1 percent).

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How Nonprofits Can Build Trust with Strong Internal Controls

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Even when nonprofits balance their desire to do good works with a realistic view of the level of effort required to accomplish those goals, funding may still be elusive if there are not strong internal controls in place. How are trust and internal controls intertwined? The Case for Internal Controls for Nonprofits .