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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

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Offer a Match: Blogger Marion Conway ,whose children are now grown, recommended the book Raising Charitable Children by Carol Wiseman. Children for Children Foundation. When I was in the third grade, I volunteered to bake cupcakes to help fundraise for Lucy the Elephant (who thankfully survived super storm Sandy ).

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And while video games like Zoo Tycoon or online games can teach them all sorts of skills that will need to be successful adults (and this has been validated recently by a MacArthur Foundation funded study ,) I was excited to discover this wonderful list of games for change.

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Embracing Intrapreneurship: A Nonprofit Game Changer

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One example is the American Heart Association’s Alliance for Healthier Generation , which has increased access to nutritious food, high-quality physical activity, social-emotional support, and tobacco-free environments for tens of millions of children. The path to fostering intrapreneurship is not without its challenges.

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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. Areas served: Worldwide (communities where IGT operates). Costco Wholesale. Areas served: Worldwide (communities with a Costco).

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

Global Fund For Children. Their grantmaking aims to ensure that American public education prepares all students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to fully participate in democracy and thrive in the global economy. Global Fund For Children. Funding Priority: Education. Mellon Foundation. Kars4Kids Foundation.

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August Awareness: National Back to School Month

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This schedule was created with the intention of allowing children in farming families to be home to help out during the planting and harvesting seasons in our primarily agricultural society. Teach for America. Teach for America (TFA) is another nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that all children have equal access to a good education.

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The Power of Sport in Changing the World

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our vision is to use this power to end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage for young people and children. It wasn’t long after their civil war, and the program was working with child combatants, using sports to teach new skills. Among its successes: 72,878 children and young people became less socially isolated.

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