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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. What’s the problem? Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Environment and conservation – 7%. Research and public policy – 1%. Science and technology – 0%. 14) 96% regularly vote in local and national elections and 37% donate to political campaigns. Health and wellness (physical and mental) – 12%. Animals and wildlife – 11%. LGBTQIA+ – 1%.

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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round

EveryAction

Protecting the environment or cutting taxes for billionaires?” Ask advocates to send proclamation requests to their local leaders. These gatherings can take many forms, from a formal gala with a dignified speaker or an education-focused session hosted by a local subject matter expert.

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Why Using Technology to Accelerate Climate Action is More Essential Than Ever

Saleforce Nonprofit

Ecopreneurs, or startups focused on solving climate challenges, are launching innovative ideas to protect the planet and drive climate impact locally and at scale. At Salesforce, we favor nature-based solutions because they’ve been tried and tested over billions of years of evolution, and that’s hard to beat with technology.

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Earth Day ‘22: Salesforce.org Customers Tackle Climate Challenges by Land, Air & Sea

Saleforce Nonprofit

We need new policies, new technology, new strategies, and local support in order to build, implement, and sustain the kinds of solutions that will help us make progress on our goals. With their global scale, the organization leverages Salesforce technology to direct supporters to tree planting projects around the world.

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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

Most recently, we took a critical step in our climate action plan by including climate as a part of the company public policy platform, joining priorities like equal rights and privacy and security. “We org’s Climate Justice Action map , which connects people with local groups and other activists. From nonprofits like 350.org

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How Funders are Driving Systems Change in Response to the Climate Crisis

Saleforce Nonprofit

Yesterday, June 5, was World Environment Day. And this year the theme is “Only One Earth,” highlighting the need for us all to live sustainably and in harmony with nature by making transformative changes in our policies and our choices. Want to get involved in World Environment Day? About the Author. Jonny Elliot.

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