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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

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Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community. Consider working with a branding consultant to get this just right.

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Submit Your Children of the Recession Story to Katie Couric

Have Fun - Do Good

Couric wanted our help getting the word out about the issues being covered in CBS Reports' new series, Children of the Recession. According to Couric's post, Katie Couric's Notebook: Children of the Recession : "Since the recession began, more than one million children have lost health insurance as their parents lose their jobs.

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Nonprofit Strategic Planning: Ultimate Guide + 7 Examples

Bloomerang

You may decide to address this by working with an external fundraising consultant or directing your staff’s attention to building relationships with your most engaged donors who are likely to increase their giving amounts. Consider the following scenario: Your nonprofit has limited staff and struggles to increase fundraising revenue.

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Means and Ends: Who does What

BoardAssist

Luckily for us, governance consultant Tom Okarma has written a terrific guest post for us this week on exactly this topic. The answer: where the line should be between what nonprofit board members can and should do and what responsibilities more properly reside with the staff of the nonprofit. Thanks for your great advice Tom!

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Research Friday: The Self-Sufficiency Standard

ASU Lodestar Center

The FPL for a family of three is $19,090, regardless of whether those three people are adults, teen-agers or infants. For families with young children, the cost of housing and child care combined typically make up about 50% of the family’s budget. The recently released report, How Much is Enough in Your County?

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What about those leaked reports from Facebook and Instagram?

Top Nonprofits

Julia Campbell : Well, I am a digital marketing and fundraising consultant to nonprofits specifically. So I do not let my daughter on Instagram, but that’s my own personal choice and do something that org, they are an organization dedicated to combating suicide and self-harm and addiction and all of these things in, in teens.

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Where are the twenty-something or GEN-Y Bloggers Who Are Writing About Social Change and Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tim Davis is working as a freelance consultant on youth participation. Holy Meatballs is Global Kids project blog - I've pointed to the posts by teens. Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth (CCFY) a network of community foundations in the United States dedicated to improved conditions for children, youth and families.

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