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Building Better Relationships Through Data & Insight

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The Buddies Wanted programme is a core part of Oranje Fond’s outreach services, supporting projects across the nation that pair up those needing help in a specific area of their life with a buddy. Bringing People Together. More than simply providing support, these projects build relationships.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

Forty-two percent of Pottsboro’s school children are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job.

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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. Is the need for more beds seasonal? If you are located outside the U.S.,

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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

Tech Soup

million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Legacy of Hope Austin is a Texas-based arts charity that's created the 2dance2dream program , providing a way for children with special needs to express themselves through movement and music. " Veterans Organic Garden.

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Mobile Tech Connects Kids to Summer Meals

Tech Soup

According to the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) , only one in seven children who are eligible for free or subsidized school lunches receive summer meals. Caravan staff members were shocked by how many children are not accessing free summer meals — and realized they could do something about it. How Range Works.

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Equity in Arts Funding: We're Not There Yet. We're Not Even Close.

Museum 2.0

This week, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy released a new paper by Holly Sidford called Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change. And so he realized that he could start his own non-profit that would do a better job supporting underrepresented artists and audiences. The title may sound innocuous.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

A mobile library was set up with Wi-Fi and computer access, staffed by people trained in social services, disaster relief, healthcare services, job services, and more. The school system had one of the worst high school dropout rates in the nation and a high level of crime per capita.