.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

Maybe stale programming is stopping the love? Is it possible that your community has doubts about the organization’s credibility? The police, healthcare organizations, religious groups, financial institutions, and news outlets are all subject to greater scrutiny and skepticism. What if the usual suspects are not to blame?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

At Salesforce.org, we are proud to see how much of our community — whether it’s our employees, our partners, or the nonprofits we support — is jumping in through funding, advocacy, or volunteering. Mission: Improving air quality through community partnerships. It is not a time to reflect, it is a time to act. Plant for the Planet.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. It is our hope, as funders, that financially resourcing a movement, an organization, or an individual can lead to positive change. Consider: Who defines objectives and “success”?

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Qgiv

MAY 1, 2023

This is a month dedicated to celebrating the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and their many contributions and achievements throughout history. Learn more about the origins of the heritage month, ways you can celebrate in your own life, and nonprofits you can support to make a difference in AAPI communities.

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

This World Refugee day, here are 5 organizations you can support to help refugees travel safely and keep families together. They offer specialized programs that focus on women and girls, and the increasing number of refugees who are displaced by the effects of climate change. border, all during the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2013

Kristen Coco , Program Developer. For the past six months I have worked with YWCA Maricopa County , expanding its Own It Financial Education program , which provides low-income women and families a free education teaching them how to become financially stable and independent. organizations understand the value of financial stability.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In the process, I was exposed to a number of organizations whose boards struggled with a variety of issues. Such processes, if they even exist, are often too informal and lack clear expectations of what it means to be accountable for a nonprofit organization’s success. Reality 1: Most boards live by the rule of thirds.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized! For example, the Latin America Work Group’s website is www.lawg.org , but when the organization was setting up its profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, “lawg” was not available on all three sites. The overall message should be one of empowerment, not control and restriction.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

A donation drive is a purposeful and organized effort to mobilize individuals, communities, or businesses to contribute resources, typically in the form of monetary funds, goods, or services, towards a specific cause or charitable organization. Organize in-kind donation drives for goods or services that your nonprofit needs.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

Grants are a fundamental source of revenue for growing organizations to accomplish large projects and receive financial support outside of individual donations. Grants come in all shapes and sizes and are often accompanied by strict rules and regulations to determine an organization’s eligibility to receive the grant.

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Candid

JULY 2, 2021

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Since the 1980s, nonprofit, for-profit and public organizations have formed partnerships to produce and distribute various goods and services. A cross-sector partnership is an alliance between organizations from two or more sectors that commit themselves to working together to develop and implement a specific project.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Personally, I’ve learned a lot from seeing how Salesforce employees give back to their communities. Our employees use it to connect with their purpose, and help lift the communities around them. Taproot connects nonprofits and other social change organizations with skilled volunteers sharing their expertise pro bono.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2021

As we highlight our staff who are raising their hands high to reinforce and show solidarity on social media today, we also wanted to highlight our clients doing important work moving the needle forward for women’s equality and empowerment. Telling stories through images of empowerment. Amplifying the voices of female peacemakers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

He oversaw the development of numerous products and services that allow us to drive social empowerment through technology across all our programs. Clean Water Project , an effort to strengthen the capacity of Latin American clean water organizations through enhanced data platforms.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

Around the world, organizations face unique challenges when mobilizing their constituents and growing online communities, whether for a cause, an issue, an organization's mission, or a combination thereof. How should organizations harness their online communities? Join the Conversation. Pacific time, 10:00 a.m.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 23, 2022

Empowerment is the greatest form of impact. Effective pro bono volunteer programs — also known as skills-based volunteering — are built upon this idea. For the companies that offer these programs, it helps create the kind of company culture that attracts and retains talent. In fact, we’ve been saying this for almost a decade!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. This concept addresses the needs of nonprofits for continued support, training, mentorship, and engagement with their communities.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

The timely theme honors women in every community who have devoted their lives and talents to producing art, pursuing truth, and reflecting the human condition decade after decade.” Support women-owned businesses Women-owned businesses are a vital part of the economy , employing 10.1 million workers and generating $1.8 Donate to the fund here.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 13, 2023

One of the most powerful tenets of our one-to-one mentoring program is how we pair caring adults with youth, age five to young adulthood, who may come from completely different walks of life. And that’s what makes our program special — and eye-opening. She works in the medical field supporting COVID-19 patients.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Intentional feedback can help you prove your case for additional human and financial resources, new programs or initiatives, and gives you new content and activity to test. Strategy is often overlooked in favor of tasks and output at our organization. Far too often, our work is reactive and loses its true meaning.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Here are just a few examples of the extraordinary work these organizations are doing this month and every month. Even if your organization isn't involved in this issue, these organizations' work offer great examples of how a theme month or day can bring attention to your mission. Empowerment, Shelter, and Support.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

We spoke with 181 volunteer managers that work in human service organizations, governmental agencies, higher education, hospitals, zoos, and more. Some have been with their organizations for 20 years or more, others only a couple of months. Some manage a handful of volunteers, others work with many thousands.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

It provides critical data for nonprofit leaders, board members and funders to understand the effectiveness of organizations in serving their missions. Kellogg Foundation , PM is no longer about proving something works, but about generating information to better understand how and why programs work. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

I recently learned about an nonprofit organization in India dedicated to using video to help alleviate poverty and accelerate social change in the developing world. The organization is called Video Volunteers. The trainer trains up to ten community members to create videos.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 4, 2022

If you want to support breast cancer patients and survivors, volunteering at hospitals or for organizations that are dedicated to the fight against breast cancer is a great way to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Susan G. Wyoming Breast Cancer Initiative. Zero Breast Cancer.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Takeaway #1: Think holistically about your program . Technology is dramatically changing the way we work and live our lives, and the social good community needs to account for this digital transformation that demands increased transparency and also opens new doors. Align with the goals of the organization and people you serve .

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes. She has spent almost thirty years working in the nonprofit world helping organizations communicate more effectively internally and externally.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2012

There is a wide array of nonprofit organizations that serve the 1.6 in Oklahoma is one of the frontline organizations that addresses these and other issues in a very interesting way – starting with the children. The organization is mainly funded through federal grants from the U.S. million Native Americans in the U.S.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 12, 2021

Looking for fundraisers that will work for your faith-based organization? Take a look at the different ways faith-based organizations just like yours were able to host peer-to-peer fundraisers that work! When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, organizations that offered food bank services had to rethink their drop-off processes.

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Media Cause

JUNE 29, 2022

Pride Month is a time to commemorate and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. What’s your experience been like growing up as a member/being part of the LGBTQIA+ community? Being part of the LGBTQIA+ community has been so many things: empowering, painful, fulfilling, frustrating, exciting, connected, disconnected—the list goes on.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

What''s the best way to get formal input from diverse community members? I''ve mostly seen museums employ one of two methods for formal community advisors: Create special "spots" on the board of trustees for certain kinds of community representatives. PRO: gets diverse community members in positions of real authority.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. It aims to provide a gateway towards empowerment, educational, and employment opportunities to lead a fulfilling, prosperous, and purposeful life. One in five people there live at the poverty level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

We need more better policies to address gender parity and more programs that build the capacity of nonprofits and the tech skills of women and girls in the development world. Here’s two programs that use technology to support women and girls and are an inspiration. The Tech Girls of Dharavi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Nonprofit programs can be more successful if they listen and gain insights from the feedback of low-income consumers. Consumer feedback offers critical information to funders, non-profit organizations, and the low-income people who use services and programs. Asking the Customer. It is time to up end this stereotype.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. They talked about community building. I don’t think there is a way to directly build community. I don’t think there is a way to directly build community. WHO (slides 3-23) "Community” is not an abstraction.

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