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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. Data collection focused on the largest 800 funders nationally plus the top 25 grantmakers in each state and Washington, D.C., private and community foundations.

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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

Thanks to global entertainers like Lady Gaga and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and world-class athletes like Kevin Love and Simone Biles, there’s already a shift toward candid public conversations, making mental health far less stigmatized than ever. Less than half of all Americans with a mental disorder actually get the treatment they need. .”

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

In a traditional PDF, this would take 5 separate charts and even then we wouldn’t get the same effect of watching this program grow on a national level. Full disclosure: This is from our founder George, who also co-founded PowerPoetry.org , the largest teen poetry platform in the US. National Public Radio (NPR).

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

NTEN

Giving Tuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving to kick off the giving season added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. The second annual GivingTuesday is on December 3rd and we''ve found 124 NTEN Members that are participating!

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

During the school year, federal programs like the National School Lunch Program help close this nutrition gap by providing free or reduced cost meals to low-income students. Unfortunately, only one in six youth who are eligible for the National School Lunch Program take advantage of the Summer Food Service Program. That's 3.9

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Despite her family's affluence, Lorraine Hansberry's childhood in Chicago during the 1930s was not without hardship, discrimination, and segregation. Explore the work of organizations like the National Geographic Society , Audubon , and The Mars Generation - their impact is out of this world. Fund their work! Sheroes in the Arts.

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Research Friday: Out-of-School Time Programs for Latino Youth

ASU Lodestar Center

who come from different Latin American nationalities, although they have varying races, cultures, language proficiencies, and experiences in the U.S. This immigration paradox has contributed to the teen pregnancy rates among Latinas, which is currently higher than any other major race/ethnic group in the U.S., Balistreri, K.