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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

Foundations in the United States focus their funding priorities on many different issues. If your nonprofit is seeking funding, it’s critical to identify the foundations whose interests and funding priorities align with your own. Education is one of the more popular issues that many foundations focus on.

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Post-Pandemic: Rebuilding Your Volunteer and Financial Base

Bloomerang

But as the Coronavirus appears on the backfoot, it’s a good moment to take stock of the damage it’s done and consider the financial opportunities of volunteer re-engagement and new funding currently available. But many cross state surveys indicate governmental funding has been no more than one fifth of overall need. based nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Advocacy Can Be a Force Multiplier for Social Change

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. Our longest-term donor, the Skoll Foundation , went so far as to introduce me to a DC-based advocacy firm. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?”

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Pre-Register Now: Nonprofit Startup 101 Course

CauseVox

In this two-part course, you’ll learn how to: Create your first strategic plan; Build an initial budget; Recruit an engaged board to support your activities; Begin to identify funding opportunities; Carry out a seed-funding campaign; And identify other essential needs to see your organization through its first three years.

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The Internal is the new External: EDF Business Innovation Exchange

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Environmental Defense Fund or EDF is a grantee organization and also attended the Packard Foundation's recent Network Effectiveness Convening by the Monitor Institute in Washington, DC in May. Blurring the lines between internal/external: What does modeling transparent behavior actually look like on the ground?

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our book tour starts at the end of January, so if you are in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, NYC, or Washington, DC, please join us. It is also a pivotal year for many community foundations as they consider whether to ramp up or wind down giving day initiatives in their communities.

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[PREVIEW] Top Nonprofit Conferences of Spring 2016

EveryAction

on a variety of topics, including association leadership, fundraising, technology, foundations, and more. Best for: from the c-suite to the intern desk, SCANPO (the South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations) has created a program for its conference that has something for everyone. Council on Foundations Annual Conference.