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How The Nature Conservancy’s Work in the Cumberland Forest Supports Jobs & Climate Mitigation

Saleforce Nonprofit

When you think about nature, what comes to mind? At The Nature Conservancy , one of the world’s largest environmental nonprofits, we have examined a huge range of nature’s benefits throughout our 70-year history. Hotels, hunting outfitters, tour guides — it’s a new way for communities to benefit from nature’s value.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

This is not new, but it was on the minds of our volunteer managers, and in a big way. A CVA with a medical organization in Manitoba saw similar benefits of remote technology in her work: [Our volunteer] orientations are all online now and I don’t think I’ll ever go back… especially for their first kind of introduction.

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Why do we keep working in museums?

Museum 2.0

Again, to be absolutely clear, museums very rarely hit these high minded ideals, at least actively. Many of these men were also inveterate racists and should not be lionized in the slightest, but all white supremacy gave them was a battlefield amputation or a mass grave, likely somewhere in Virginia or Maryland.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Social Capital 2018 is a content-rich, invitation-only conference bringing together the brightest nonprofit and corporate minds for a candid exchange on growing strategic partnerships. Whether you have a staff of one or 100, you will find benefit in taking time away to attend. Virginia Nonprofit Institute. State/Local.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Social Capital 2019 is a content-rich, invitation-only conference bringing together the brightest nonprofit and corporate minds for a candid exchange on growing strategic partnerships. Virginia Nonprofit Institute. Virginia Nonprofit Institute. Social Capital Partnerships / Alexandria, VA / By invitation. State/Local.

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Types of Grants That Every Nonprofit Should Know

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Start on your state or municipality’s website and look for a grant portal ( like this one in Virginia ) or alerts you can subscribe to ( like this one in D.C. ). The benefit of government grants is that they are fairly standardized. But generally, information on state or local government grants takes a little more work.

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