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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

Over the course of a three-year grant , Champions implement ambitious, goal-oriented projects and participate in advocacy campaigns aimed at changing local and national policies that hinder equal access to education. To help keep girls learning, Malala Fund has awarded new grant funding to Champions leading pandemic response initiatives.

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How to use social media to inspire 40,000 people to give on one day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’ve partnered with TheUpTake.org , a nonprofit, online video news gathering organization, which will broadcast live coverage of Give to the Max Day using Livestream.com. Livestream.com is a web service that enables users to create free accounts and broadcast video live over the Internet. We also have Minneapolis/St.

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Connected Citizens Report: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Discussions around these scenarios are useful to philanthropy in making decisions about where to invest in social change in the future. The premises and questions for the future include: Interconnectedness: People will have more connectivity and more information. The scenarios are both possible and provocative.

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A Revolution in Documentary Film

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One notable aspect of the success of Gasland, which recently won the Emmy Award for documentary film, is the way director Josh Fox worked with grant makers at the Fledgling Fund to galvanize a movement that greatly amplified the efforts of traditional environmental groups.

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Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The foundation had lined up local television stations to broadcast their noon news programs live from the stadium and had scheduled promotions and entertainment. The grant maker, like dozens of others across the country, was suddenly thrust out of celebration mode and into crisis mode. In Columbia, S.C.,

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Even More Benefits to Tracking Outcomes

Connection Cafe

Having a shared understanding of intended outcomes from the beginning of the grant, and tracking progress toward those outcomes, allows foundations to evaluate where their grantee partners need extra help. Additional Benefits for Corporate Philanthropists. Well defined” is important here; specificity matters.

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Maximizing Nonprofit Impact: A Roadmap to Sustainable Fundraising

The Modern Nonprofit

Stand Tall: Growing Resilience Economic downturns and unpredictable changes in philanthropy? Flex Your Independence By stepping away from total dependence on a single source of income (like yearly grants), sustainable fundraising gifts your organization greater freedom. Been there, faced that!

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