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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

The first grants are to be awarded later this year. Here are common trends and examples of areas where local news coverage has waned: Rural areas: Many local newspapers and broadcast stations in rural areas have closed or reduced their coverage due to declining readership and advertising revenue.

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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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#thankful4home: Raising Awareness Around Homelessness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Through an impact-producing grant from the Polk Bros Foundation, we’re helping these local organizations raise awareness of their work and mature their online networks. The Boot Camp includes training, coaching, and project based learning. Further, with #GivingTuesday around the corner, we could leverage thankfulness into donations.

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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

Our thinking was that many nonprofits wanted guidance, perhaps even a little training, on how to best use Facebook and Twitter to drive giving. 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.

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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. ” Invest in training and support.

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12 Not-So-Great Realities About Nonprofits and Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Granted, the positives do outweigh the negatives, but it is important to step back occasionally and take a critical look at how social media is impacting nonprofit technology at your organization as well as your digital staff. You are not a videographer or broadcast reporter, but to be good at the Next Big Things you have to be.

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

NTEN

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Melissa Ulbricht, MobileActive.org. Making radio more accessible in Ghana.

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