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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

Data to pinpoint needs in specific communities Unfortunately, government survey data does not accurately represent “hard-to-count” at-risk populations who are less likely to speak English or to trust the government—which includes many of the people nonprofits like CASL serve. For example, aggregated data from the U.S.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people on June 6, 2023, the first state of emergency ever declared in its history spanning four decades. Legislative advocacy and lobbying Legislative advocacy happens when someone contacts lawmakers with the goal of influencing legislation.

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May Cause Awareness: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Qgiv

After the country’s bicentennial celebrations, Jew approached Representative Frank Horton of New York with the idea to create a month to recognize Asian Pacific Americans. Community festivals, government-sponsored activities, and educational activities for students are all essential parts of this month-long celebration.

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Pulitzer and the Pedestal – Or Why Crowdfunding Needs Influencer Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Construction of the statue had been completed the year before in France, but efforts to construct a pedestal in New York ground to a halt. Efforts to appropriate money in state and national legislatures were defeated. Ironically, he had vetoed a bill that would have provided $50,000 for the pedestal as governor of New York.

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NNTSP Applies Relief Work for Hurricane Sandy

Tech Soup

Earlier this year, the Network for Nonprofit Technology Solution Providers (NNTSP) organized as part of TechSoup Global, combining their resources to create a national network of local technology capacity-builders serving the nonprofit sector. National Donations Management Network D.C. National Donations Management Network New Jersey.

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The Internet Gets Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. Beth Kanter has blogged about the topic for years. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. that touches on the subject.

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8th Annual Games for Change: Register Now!

Tech Soup

We've covered serious gaming before on this blog and at events hosted by TechSoup. As more nonprofits are looking towards technology to create effective social change, I wanted to take this time to present some exciting events taking place at this year's festival from June 20 - 22 in New York City.

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