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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

We just have to take the time to listen and apply their experiences.” Photo credit: Megan Ory, Chicago Corporate Photography & Video, Inc. A]s is often the case, youth are at the forefront,” said Weatherford. “We The post Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

In November 2023, we received a grant from the Capital One Foundation to support our housing and financial empowerment programming. Change InSight’s latest data shows, for example, that 36% of Bangladeshi respondents in New York experience high stress, while 31% of Chicago-area Pakistani respondents lack adequate transportation.

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

It was their employees in Chicago and Atlanta. She returned to the United States in 2017 to serve as the to serve as the AmeriCorps VISTA Leader for the Arizona Refugee Resettlement Refugee Women’s Empowerment Coordinator at Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest. It wasn’t!

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How can nonprofits effectively recruit and retain high-performing employees?

ASU Lodestar Center

According to recent findings, nonprofit organizations can capitalize on training, building a culture of empowerment and recognition programs in order to provide incentives to employees. With the shifting mix of workers in the US, the millennial generation is making up more of organizations’ new hires.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

Chicago Foundation for Women. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Chicago Foundation For Women. They offer grants that range from $15,000 to $150,000 and support organizations within the Chicago metropolitan area (Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, and Will counties). Areas served: Chicago metropolitan area.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

Chicago Foundation for Women. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Chicago Foundation For Women. They offer grants that range from $15,000 to $150,000 and support organizations within the Chicago metropolitan area (Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, and Will counties). Areas served: Chicago metropolitan area.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

Chicago, Illinois: Making Tech Accessible to Nonprofits. Chicago, Illinois: Net Neutrality. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston: Storymakers 2017! San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Austin, Texas: Communicating with Impact: Adobe Spark | #Storymakers2017.