Bloomerang

MARCH 21, 2023

Looking for a sponsorship or new source of funding this year? There were two things I heard most when meeting with nonprofits: “I didn’t know about sponsorships” and “I want to increase my impact, but I do not have the funds to do so.” In this post, we speak with Mariah Monique, a sponsorship strategy coach and educator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” We have set up a Web site, [link] , to share information and conversation about the ongoing review.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. When I proposed the concept of “datamaking,” I was seeking to bring as many aspects of the organization together as possible.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 18, 2021

I’ve had several conversations with him, and he says I can stay in touch. However, while the proposal aligned with the nonprofit’s mission, it was not central to it. This keys you into information about what type of impact your donor is hoping to have and how they evaluate opportunities. . Both are reasonable objectives. .

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Classy

APRIL 22, 2021

Organizations like the Environmental Defense Fund, the Clean Air Task Force, the Trust for Public Land, the Arbor Day Foundation (to name a few) are on the frontlines of the sustainability and climate crisis. Through research and many conversations, we solidified Classy’s sustainability charter and corporate commitments. .

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2015

While there are always lessons to be learned as we gather feedback—through evaluations, emails, and conversations with members of the Community (yup, we really do read them all)—we wanted to take a moment to share some of the highlights.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Two Signs Your Mission Statement Needs to Be Updated Experts recommend re-evaluating your mission statement every three years. Have you had any major changes in funding? Conversely, what would happen to your community without your nonprofit’s presence? Do you offer any new programs? Have you narrowed or expanded your mission?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

What inititiaves are availabiel for funding? For example, we just closed an RFP to solicit proposals to build a game for kids k-3 to better understand STEM. I think the cross section of everyone getting into the development and gaming means we will need to evaluate what is quality and what isn’t.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Are you ready to evaluate the success of your major gifts program? But, to be honest, carefully tracking and evaluating each and every point would be more stress than it’s worth! Major gift donors are giving a significant amount and need to trust that your organization plans to put their funds to good use.

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Candid

APRIL 15, 2024

Whether for expanding programs, launching new initiatives, or sustaining current projects, securing institutional funding is crucial to your organization’s ability to deliver on your mission. To receive a grant, you’re typically required to submit a proposal, progress reports, and a final narrative and financial report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). It was organized by Ed Schipul. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2023

Creating your nonprofit budget and funding requests without including your indirect costs is like putting together a puzzle and not having all the pieces. But once you understand your indirect cost rate, applying it to your budget and funding requests is simple. Indirect Costs Help Quickly Estimate Proposed Program Costs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

I did a roundup of nonprofit panel proposals a few weeks back and wanted to give you an updated list. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

What initiatives are available for funding? For example, we just closed an RFP to solicit proposals to build a game for kids k-3 to better understand STEM. I think the cross section of everyone getting into the development and gaming means we will need to evaluate what is quality and what isn't. It's where they come together.

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Game Education Change Classroom 60

NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change. One of these is "community funded reporting" which is being pioneered by Spot.us Carie Lewis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

In reading through this amazing outpouring of posts, people have been very transparent if they are nominating their own project as well as their criteria and evaluation thought process. Holden not only shared his recommendations, but gave us a detailed description of his evaluation process.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I bike to work and at least once every couple of weeks it’s Lindsay having an awesome conversation with somebody that speeds up that commute for me. Really cool conversations, lots of different topics, social justice, criminal justice, I think you talked about last week. . – [Steven] Yeah. – [Lindsay] Yup.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2023

Creating your nonprofit budget and funding requests without including your indirect costs is like putting together a puzzle and not having all the pieces. But once you understand your indirect cost rate, applying it to your budget and funding requests is simple. A nonprofit operating a soup kitchen is not so lucky.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. Steven: I’m seeing, Rachel, a lot of non-restricted funds, general operating, kind of synonymous, increased tech needs. Rachel: Mm-hmm.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

If you all don’t know Marie, she is the lead consultant over at Funding for Good. If you don’t know Funding for Good, their principal, Mandy Pearce, has been on our webinar series many, many times over the last few years, recommended Marie as her top expert. You may be saying, “What do donors want to fund?”

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

So today, I want to help you understand all of these phases, including the ones that don’t rely on writing skills, and to gain some really concrete tips, tricks, and pitfalls to avoid for each phase so you can be more confident in your grants game plan and more effective at securing funds. . I love that everyone loves my slides.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

A single compelling press release might land you a national television interview that leads to 100 new donors and $100,000 in funding. One of the first major to-dos the staff tackled after I took the helm at SVAS was evaluating corporate documents and marketing literature. The nonprofit world swims in an ocean of written documents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2010

Last week, the community foundation finished its first Minnesota Open Idea contest to fund the best idea to address the childhood obesity issue. We had 15 community evaluators who reviewed all 400 proposals as they were coming in and scored them on three criteria: Innovation, Impact, and Sustainability.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Your application will stick in reviewers’ minds and remain a part of the conversation throughout their deliberations. Let’s pretend we’re grantors evaluating a grant application. Demonstrate the impact of your past programs and the projected impact of the proposed program, as well as the associated costs and risks.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Impact Convergence 2016 brings together leaders, practitioners, and professionals from around the globe who are interested in impact and evaluation. New voices energizing conversations. Global Fund for Community Foundations / Johannesburg, (Int.) Social Value International / Atlanta, GA / $225. Nov 16 - 19. 11/28/2016.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. will frame the three days we spend together sharing critical insights, engaging in realistic conversations, and realizing that the challenges we face also unite us. General / @southwestfdns. Accounting.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

USAID contractors collect enormous amounts of valuable data as part of research, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation activities. The community should enable students to engage in conversations related to functional areas and regions of interest. USAID Should do More to Require their Contractors to Share Data.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

As with most legislation, it is unlikely that this bill will become a law in its current form as passed by the House, however it begins a conversation among the House, Senate and Administration on the next phase of COVID-19 relief. Here are a few of the amendments proposed by the HEROES Act –. House of Representatives passed H.R.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This a free tool from Google that allows you to easily create UTMs to track your website performance, such as referral traffic from social media campaigns and conversions from online ads. Ideal for small nonprofits with limited funds for digital marketing. Campaign URL Builder :: ga-dev-tools.web.app/ga4/campaign-url-builder.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Ideal for small nonprofits with limited funds for digital marketing. The analytics tools will also evaluate your posts to deduce the best possible times to share your content. Yearly makes it easy to design annual reports, event recaps, donor proposals, and board presentations. Squarespace :: squarespace.com. Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2012

” What’s important now is to participate in and benefit from the conversation. In The Networked Nonprofit Beth Kanter @kanter and Allison Fine @afine write, “the oxygen needed for [social media initiatives] to thrive – authentic conversation – requires leadership’s attention and appreciation to exist.”

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. Unfortunately, for some directors, “sustainability” means “finding long-term ways to receive funding to do the same things we’ve been doing.”

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