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Client Spotlight: National Pediatric Cancer Foundation

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In 2012, President Barack Obama named September National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Pediatric cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children. Approximately 1 in 285 children in the U.S. To help more children and families, Melissa and Risa teamed up to found NPCF.

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

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One that, like actual childhood and early adolescence, is full of hazards, and that inevitably must come to an end. Like children as they grow to independence, there will come times when you may find your relationship to the organization grows confusing and fraught. That is the test of a true leader. Ask Yourself: Is it Me?

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Why It’s Time to Rename our Sector from Nonprofit to For-Impact

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Jude Children’s Research Hospital is the charitable beneficiary of Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit the Earth, which went into space on September 15, 2021. ??. “If Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has helped St. ALSAC has an internal accelerator where new ideas are explored and tested.

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The Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is being beta tested as part of a new model of high quality education in schools called: Sujaya : India’s 1st K-12 Hybrid CBSE Schools www.sujayaschools.com. The school’s curriculum is based on Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences theory. I look forward to seeing how this start up transforms early childhood education in India.

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Helping Children Heal With Salesforce

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Riley Children’s Foundation serves as the fundraising arm of Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health and the founding organization that opened Riley Hospital in 1924. At Riley Children’s Foundation, every gift received makes an impact, and every act of giving has the potential to greatly improve the lives of children.

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Using Twitter to Build Support Among Latinos for the Affordable Care Act

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earlier this month, MomsRising tested a strategy to reach Latinos with information on the Affordable Care Act (or health care reform) by tweeting about a range of issues including ACA during a Latino State of the Union event hosted by MALDEF. When Batista is not on her computer, she is shuttling her children or training for races.

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Build a Non-profit Website that Works [Steal These Ideas!]

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Primary colors evoke childhood and optimism. But for some organizations, such as those that work with children in foster care, women fleeing abusive partners, or those serving undocumented immigrants, the issue is just too sensitive. Test every page of your website and make sure it displays correctly on a phone.

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