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Nepal Earthquake Roundup: Emergency Fundraising Attention Cycle

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Colleague Brian Reich said he would like to see a networked approach to the disaster relief , “A few respond quickly and raise funds, others use the awareness that comes from a disaster to educate, over time you have others who focus on keeping people connected as new issues arrive. 49-51 (What Does Success Look Like?).”

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Foundation Supported Social Enterprises (FOSE): Expanding the Use of Program Related Investments

ASU Lodestar Center

This blog post is second in a two part series on Foundation Supported Social Enterprises. The Nick Simons Foundation did not have a large staff. The foundation opened in 2005 when Nick Simons, a great lover and visitor of Nepal died. Click here to learn more Risk: Funding innovation requires foundations to take a risk.

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Foundation Supported Social Enterprises (FOSE): Expanding the Use of Program Related Investments (part 2)

ASU Lodestar Center

This blog post is second in a two part series on Foundation Supported Social Enterprises. The Nick Simons Foundation did not have a large staff. The foundation opened in 2005 when Nick Simons, a great lover and visitor of Nepal died. Risk: Funding innovation requires foundations to take a risk.

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How Compassionate Branding Can Work for Your Nonprofit

NonProfit Hub

At a very basic level, it raises awareness about your organization and helps with fundraising efforts. For example, the Make-A-Wish Foundation is currently working with several airlines, including Delta and United, for its Give Wishes Wings campaign. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter to read all of her latest posts. _.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

Many of our trainees and journalists in Nepal do have children. CH: I was a foreign correspondent in Nepal from 2003 to 2004 and had a really amazing experience in Nepal. I came back to the States after working in Nepal, and I took a job as a feature writer in San Francisco. Well, they are all of the above.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

In June 2021 Giving USA Foundation and partnership with the Lilly Indiana Family School of Philanthropy released their annual Giving USA report. So A, corporations, B foundations, or C individuals. And foundations this 19% includes both, you know, national foundations and family foundations.

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

Have Fun - Do Good

It's been a foundation to begin with, and to return to. For me, meditation is a practice of sitting down for half an hour every morning, or whatever the case is, and practicing awareness. What that means is that sometimes I start seeing things that I wasn't aware of before in myself, like my own motivations for things.