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From boring to brilliant: Using data for maximum impact

ASU Lodestar Center

This is part two of Carolyn Owen''s series on gathering and using data for grant proposals. So how do you intertwine data in the proposal so that it supports and amplifies your cause rather than obfuscate it? For example, I recently wrote a grant that addressed childhood obesity. Are childhood obesity rates higher?

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Grant writing tip: While the task of writing a proposal often falls on the shoulders of a project manager or grant writer, anyone—even an outside consultant—with the proper skills could write the proposal. These opportunities are the first steps towards meaningful school food transformations, which will grow a healthier generation.”.

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Escaping the Stigma: What Nonprofits Need to Help Donors Understand

NonProfit Hub

Donors give us money because they believe in the cause and believe in the program that we’re proposing. ” I love when he rationalizes how we allow people to make millions off of selling violent video games to kids—but try to make a million curing childhood cancer and we’re parasites. or eat for that matter. The double standard.

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

How do you decide that an organization's mission to provide help for Jewish families dealing with Autism has more or less value than an organization that fights a rare childhood disease or takes care of animals? The general public can view and comment on the proposed programs, maybe even make suggestions of partners.

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Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A blog carnival is a series of blog posts related to one theme, in this case, the promotion of USDA-proposed nutritional standards for snacks in schools, which coincided with a Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project poll showing that most Americans support the guidelines. In this particular tweet chat, the No.

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

How do you decide that an organization's mission to provide help for Jewish families dealing with Autism has more or less value than an organization that fights a rare childhood disease or takes care of animals? The general public can view and comment on the proposed programs, maybe even make suggestions of partners.

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The Many Ways to Say I Love You With A Donation To A Charity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Your donation will help the organization reach more children in poor, rural communities in the United States through early childhood education, literacy, physical activity and nutrition programs. And if you happen to get a proposal or a ring and want to use your wedding to raise money for Charity, be sure to register at the I Do Foundation.

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