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How to find free things: nonprofit students edition 

Candid

As a nonprofit management student, preparing to enter this field can be challenging because it’s still developing. As the sector evolves, students aren’t always sure which available resources are the most sound to support our studies. This fall, a year into my master’s program, I started an internship on Candid’s communications team.

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

Big philanthropy’s support of HBCUs declined from 2002 to 2019 An examination of trends in philanthropic giving to HBCUs underscores a history of underfunding. foundations steadily decreased their support of HBCUs, in terms of both percentage of total giving and grant dollars awarded. In fact, large U.S. HBCU staff insight 5.

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Why Higher Ed Professionals Should Attend bbcon 2023

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She has been recognized with a Screen Actors Guild Award®, an Emmy®, and a Golden Globe®, and has a strong track record of using her platform to stand up to pressing societal issues. We aim to streamline student applications and enable simpler awarding through AutoMatch. Putting the AI in Education Graham Getty, St.

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI).

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Is the Higher Education Pipeline Shrinking or Just Taking a Nap?

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The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. do not feel their education was worth the cost, colleges and universities have to work harder and smarter to recruit, enroll, and retain students.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You need to ensure that any money raised specifically for scholarships actually goes into scholarship awards. Instead of only being able to report your overall funding totals, fund accounting allows you can report the total number of students supported, the total dollars that were dispersed, average award size, and other key statistics.

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The Better FAFSA: What Colleges Need to Know Right Now

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The Free Application for Federal Student Aid—commonly known as FAFSA®—is the form current and prospective college and career school students must fill out each year to qualify for federal financial aid, whether that be in the form of grants, loans, or work-study funds. The Federal Student Aid (FSA) office in the U.S.

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