Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s okay to apply for a corporate grant and sponsorship at the same time: Is it okay to make an ask for a sponsorship (say, for an event) from a corporation AND separately to that corporation’s independent charitable foundation? – – Too Greedy?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The nature of philanthropy is a want to help. It’s what foundations were created to do. But all too often, foundations, corporate grantmakers, and donors end up unintentionally causing problems instead of helping to solve them. I am constantly amazed at the firewalls that some foundations put up around their board members.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2017

Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. A proposal should include more than just the organization’s mission statement and program description. Detailed Budget: Does the proposal include a detailed line-item budget?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This person will take the lead in convening internal stakeholders, making plans, testing the waters internally, setting parameters, and liaising with foundation leadership. It is critical for you, foundation leadership, and community participants to be clear who is making which decisions. Support from a mentor, peer, or staff person.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Have you noticed that when talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in fundraising , the conversation frequently mentions the lack of suitable candidates of color? But if you want to diversify your development office, or even just start the conversation, here are a few relatively simple suggestions to consider.

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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.” Guest Post by the Packard Foundation OE Team.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the world of philanthropy, the coming year promises innovative corporate giving trends that can benefit both nonprofit fundraisers seeking support and corporations eager to make a meaningful societal impact. Let’s take a look at eight top corporate philanthropy trends you’ll want to know. Employee Giving Is On The Rise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2016

For the past few years, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with a small cohort of grantees , all community foundations, hosting Giving Days in their communities using the Giving Day Playbook. Community Foundations were thrown into crisis mode as the amount of time the server was down went from minutes into hours.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2021

Gemba walks help to see people in action, see their movements, their projects, their goals, their roadblocks and hear their conversations. Connection is essential to truly practice empathy, which is the foundation of the nonprofit sector. I sought out a career in philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Screenshot of a poll from Philanthropy 2173 Still time to register your opinion! Five Hot Conversations. She proposes several different times, leave your preferences in the comments. The proposed call agenda is here. Should A Foundation's Financial Transactions Fully Support its Social Purposes?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. The conversation provides a lot of good lessons for companies wanting to embrace selfish giving without cause washing.

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Learning Contest Lesson Philanthropy 100

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2017

It was enacted in 1917 to encourage private philanthropy after individual income taxes were increased to help pay for the United States’ effort in World War I. Check out the following groups, subscribe to their updates, and involve yourself in the conversation: Alliance for Charitable Reform. Council on Foundations.

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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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People Community Video Podcast 81

Candid

APRIL 15, 2024

Institutional funders are typically organizations with large budgets and long grant cycles, such as government agencies, corporations, and foundations. To receive a grant, you’re typically required to submit a proposal, progress reports, and a final narrative and financial report. However, many foundations do not have a website.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2017

The world of philanthropy is transforming to results-focused giving. Communicate your mission & outcomes in grant proposals, donor communications and on your website so that everyone in your ecosystem is aware of what you’re driving toward. What Funders and Fundraisers Are Teaching Us About Outcomes.

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Fundraising Measure Grant Collaboration 26

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $625. The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Governance. Jan 13 - 15.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2020

We’ve been talking about having a “culture of philanthropy” in the not-for-profit world for a very long time. Why is it still so prevalent in the philanthropic conversation? Download this worksheet to determine the culture of philanthropy at your organization. . Understanding Gratitude and Philanthropy .

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The WHAT IF Conference is for anyone who supports nonprofit organizations, especially staff and board members, volunteers, donors, foundations and corporate funders. Philanthropy Southwest 2016 Annual Conference. Philanthropy Southwest 2016 Annual Conference. Philanthropy Southwest / Colorado Springs, CO / $1,100.

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Candid

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As we look to these new findings, we uplift why they matter and how this partnership strengthens our goals to map and improve tracking of the field of philanthropy. Our findings also spark critical conversations about funding practices in human rights philanthropy and beyond. foundations supports human rights.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

First, we’re going to have like a little bit of an overview of what’s happening in the world of philanthropy. So what’s happening in philanthropy? There is a big difference between a federal application and then a private corporate foundation application. This is through the Kellogg Foundation.

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Grant Build Video Strategy 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2010

In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy , VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success. Then the group came together and debated the highest-scored proposals and whittled the pool down to 21 ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency is a new GrantCraft guide released in collaboration with Glasspockets from the Foundation Center. A foundation that operates transparently is one that shares what it does, how it does it, and the difference thatit makes in a frank, easily accessible, and timelyway. Increased public trust.

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Open Report Chapter Case Study 99

Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

She’s over at Blue Sky Philanthropy, helps a lot of organizations raise money. I’ve seen organizations rather take two months to get a donor a proposal to make sure that every T is crossed that every I is dotted rather than turning something around a little more quickly, right? . Check her out.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

She’s over at Blue Sky Philanthropy, helps a lot of organizations raise money. I’ve seen organizations rather take two months to get a donor a proposal to make sure that every T is crossed that every I is dotted rather than turning something around a little more quickly, right? . Check her out.

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Raise Money Video Brain 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2012

Note From Beth: Just before I left for Rwanda, I caught some interesting discussion threads about organizational adoption of networked ways of working on Twitter coming from the #COFLA hashtag as a result of the Council on Foundations gathering in Florida. measure the impact of foundation communications. You Are Not In Control.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

It was an incredible testament to the commitment and dedication of the nonprofit sector to put words to action - identifying needs and proposing concrete solutions. It’s a one-hour conversation with 3-4 people. Questions/conversation prompts are sent via text. You can learn about the three winners here.

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Ideas North Carolina Map Children 94

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally. Therefore, we are the only foundation I know of that will accept requests in any language, and in any format.

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