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

Bloomerang

John Palfrey, president of the MacArthur Foundation, calls the philanthropic funding “seed money,” not charity. John Palfrey, president of the MacArthur Foundation, calls the philanthropic funding “seed money,” not charity. The first grants are to be awarded later this year.

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Why Our Definition Of Nonprofits Restricts Problem Solving

Bloomerang

Also, a decade ago, Dan Pallotta gave what’s become a famous TED talk, “ The way we think about charity is dead wrong.” ” He talks about how the ways we’ve been taught to think about social innovation, and the role charity plays, are undermining the causes we love and our profound yearning to change the world.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Defourny et al.,

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

charity: water , a nonprofit that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations, is leading the way when it comes to redefining nonprofit marketing; they are exceptional at inbound marketing, focusing on creating powerful content to inspire people to join their cause. How can your organization apply this?

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Who is sharing nonprofit demographic data with Candid? 

Candid

Analysis is limited to 501(c)(3) public charities that filed at least one Form 900 or Form 990-EZ between 2017-2021 and had at least $50,000 in annual expenses. vii The x-axis represents how important each factor or characteristic is in the machine learning model we used. Source: Candid, 2023.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Is An Investment In Wealth Screening Useful Before A Capital Campaign?

Bloomerang

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, We’re considering a capital campaign, and I’m wondering if I should invest in wealth screening. Wealth screening tools may also look at past charitable and political giving available in public databases. — Charity Clairity.

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New program matches racialized candidates with nonprofit board opportunities

Charity Village

CivicAction has launched a new program called BoardShift that prepares and matches talented Indigenous, Black, and racialized candidates with nonprofit, charitable, and public board opportunities.

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