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Weekly update from PND

Candid

million for clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies aimed at improving care for adults and children across a range of health conditions. PCORI announces medical research grants totaling $49.5 The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has announced grants totaling $49.5 Grants totaling $23.5 Grants totaling $23.5

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Martín Burt’s Best Kept Secret

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Just to give you a few examples: He is a co-founder of Teach a Man to Fish , a global network that promotes “education that pays for itself,” partnering with dozens of organizations around the world to establish self-sufficient schools in rural areas that teach independence and sustainability to young people from poor families.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. For example, perhaps your idea for creating a nonprofit focused on raising funds for children fighting cancer started with one family’s need for support in a challenging time. The answer could be “both.” of the overall workforce.

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Four Great Reasons to Join a Nonprofit Board

BoardAssist

We hear, “My wife is pregnant and I want to model ‘giving back’ for our children,” “I was always a leader in college and grad school but until now I’ve been too busy to give back,” and “I feel an obligation to share because I’ve been so fortunate” among many other great reasons. Why should you consider filling one of the 1.8

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NextGen philanthropists and the transfer of intergenerational wealth

ASU Lodestar Center

David loves to offer his skills and interests as well as writing a check, becoming deeply engaged in one nonprofit at a time. 2 Bentley and Nissan, in a 1996 study, found that "learning is greatly enhanced when children are given the opportunity to engage in giving and serving activities." Bjorhovde, P.O. Bentley, R.J. and Nissan, L.G.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? And what if government agencies and corporations better supported these efforts?

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Forward Unto the Breach: Don’t Rest on Nonprofit Laurels

Bloomerang

There are ways to take the wonderful work you’re doing and expand your reach to teach more people, heal more people and enrich more people’s lives. If you’re doing anything worth doing, you can collaborate with business, government and other nonprofits in consortium efforts to address complex problems holistically.

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