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How The Nature Conservancy’s Work in the Cumberland Forest Supports Jobs & Climate Mitigation

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Andrew Tingley, Director of Communications at The Nature Conservancy. One great example of the intricate connections of habitats, wildlife, and people is our Cumberland Forest Project , located where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet in the Central Appalachian region of the eastern U.S. © Steven David Johnson; July 2019.

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37 Spring Fundraising Ideas for Small Nonprofits

Whole Whale

Most Jewish nonprofits know that this is the best excuse to come up with punny costumes and read the Megillah, but even if you aren’t an org focused on Judaism, you could team up with a local JCC, synagogue, or Hillel: This is also a holiday where it’s tradition to give back. Kentucky Derby Party (first Saturday in May).

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10 Amazing Environmental Nonprofits You Need to Know About

Tech Soup

Boulder Food Rescue works with local businesses to collect surplus food that would usually be thrown away and distribute that food to people who need it. " Central Kentucky Audubon Society. The Central Kentucky Audubon Society is a full service environmental organization for the 10 bluegrass counties in Central Kentucky.

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Foundation Transparency – Foundation Center’s Surprising Glass Pockets Website

Tech Soup

I found out about how big a deal Glasspockets is when I attended a local Foundation Technology Affinity Group (TAG) meeting of Northern California foundation techies who kept talking about Glasspockets projects like the hGrant Online Reporting Project , and the Transparency Talk blog. Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. ?

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Radical Collaboration is Our Best Chance to Fight Climate Change

Saleforce Nonprofit

Birgit Cameron, the global director of Patagonia Provisions, is passionate about the integral role that nature — and specifically soil — will play in saving our planet. That’s just what Patagonia Provisions has done in the past several years, as the company’s global director Birgit Cameron shares in this week’s episode of Force Multiplier.

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Finding the Great Impact Story

Tech Soup

The executive director and I got talking and, as she saw my interest in her work, she shared their organization's struggles fighting the closure of rural post offices in their community. The combination of traditional media, social media, and mobilizing the local community helped to save their town's post office.

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