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Our EveryAction Hero: Feeding Wisconsin

Everyaction

Our EveryAction Hero this month is Feeding Wisconsin. With over 750 affiliate agencies across the state of Wisconsin, Feeding Wisconsin is dedicated to eradicating hunger and improving their community. Feeding Wisconsin works with affiliated agencies and 1,000 local food programs throughout the state.

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New Technology Developed to Amplify Community Voices for the Media

Non Profit Quarterly

The Local Voices Network (LVN), developed by the nonprofit Cortico in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab , is bringing people together to share their perspectives with each other and with a small electronic “digital hearth” that records their every word. Cortico’s “digital hearth”. July 8, 2019; Nieman Lab.

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Business And Life Lessons From Entrepreneur Miguel Leal

Eric Jacobsen Blog

penniless as a teenager, speaking almost no English; he literally slept in the boiler room of a Wisconsin cheese factory for months before he was caught. Leal came to the U.S. Through hard work, grit, and ingenuity Leal would go on to launch his own business. He is widely credited with introducing Mexican cheeses to the U.S.

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Alt-labor: What are workers’ rights nonprofits?  

Candid

Instead, they rely on the same kinds of funding streams as traditional community-based nonprofits: individual donations, volunteers, and support from institutional philanthropy. private and community foundations each year and their grants of $10,000 and more. Foundation funding for workers’ rights i. Source: Foundation 1000.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Philanthropy plays a crucial role in helping communities prepare for and respond to global disasters and supports the long-term recovery that individuals and communities face after disasters. Communities also require support prior to a catastrophic event to be prepared to withstand future disasters. and internationally.

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Leveraging Email Automation to Enhance Donor Relationships

Get Fully Funded

Write a series of three to five emails designed to welcome new donors into your nonprofit’s community, then set them up to start sending immediately after someone donates for the first time. In total, we raised [$Total Revenue] to support the local animal shelter. We can’t thank you enough for your support—and neither can the animals!

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. With more than 75 events scheduled for October, there's probably an event scheduled for your community, so RSVP now for one of our meetups. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: Giving Tuesday Brainstorming. Feeling overwhelmed?