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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

Smith University, with whom The Duke Endowment had a longstanding relationship. Foundation staff insight HBCUs educate and support the largest number of Black professionals in fields, such as medicine, law, and engineering. We’ve also made select data tables from the report available in this downloadable Excel file.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community. For example, different states have different processes for filing articles of incorporation and the fees required. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. You can either file Form 1023 or 1023-EZ.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. That’s why braille is an important focus for us in Benetech’s Global Literacy Program — we know that we must keep braille relevant and make it more available. federal law supports braille instruction. Accordingly, U.S.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And what are some of the social benefits and impact that may result from such a relationship? In this grantmaking area, too, The Fund was key to Bookshare’s global expansion and to our ability to better serve low-income users, in developing and developed countries alike. government and states like Texas.

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Benetech’s Framework for Developing New Social Enterprises

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We see tremendous innovations in social enterprise, but these are merely part of larger, global changes in the ways in which society organizes itself to create public goods. copyright law. We developed strong relationships with publishers who share our values and voluntarily submit high quality digital files directly to Bookshare.

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Blackbaud Grantmaking: Examining the Past, the Present, and the Future

sgEngage

Grantmakers were dealing with cluttered files full of documents that they had to constantly re-download to view or make changes to. The amount of care you put into crafting an equitable application process will directly influence your ability to create and cultivate positive relationships with your grantees.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Historically, federal and state laws have viewed nonprofit and for-profit entities as mutually exclusive organizations whose work rarely, if ever, overlapped. Started in 2009 in Florida, Clean the World Foundation began as a global humanitarian organization registered as a 501(c)(3). Banks were not lending.

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