EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Often, the central issue is a specific policy or a cultural phenomenon that the organization seeks to promote or eliminate. For example, a local nonprofit working on educational issues may raise awareness about specific school board policies with the aim of making them more inclusive. GLAAD publishes studies on LGBTQ+ issues in media.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Nonprofits are often justified in their confusion about indirect costs because government agencies and foundations have different policies and rules around indirect costs, so there is more than one way to calculate a cost. Organizations can conduct a time study to determine the amount of time folks spend on specific tasks and projects.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2013

2) 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. Published by the Giving USA Foundation. View: All Giving USA Foundation Reports. 5) 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study :: Download. 6) 2012 mGive Text Giving Study :: Download. Published by Australian Policy Online. View: All NTEN Reports.

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Social Media Mobile Report Technology 245

Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. This has led to situations where BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ users are disproportionately affected by policies meant to address “bad” behaviors.

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

million for clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies aimed at improving care for adults and children across a range of health conditions. The grants will fund nine new CER studies, including three focused on telehealth and mobile health strategies. Bezos Earth Fund awards $443 million for climate justice, conservation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

with support from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Link Between Artificial Intelligence and Wellbeing . This is a more macro lens.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

For Nonprofits in the United States: 1) 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. Published by the Giving USA Foundation. View: All Giving USA Foundation Reports. 4) 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study :: Download. 5) 2012 mGive Text Giving Study :: Download. Published by NTEN.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2013

For Nonprofits in the United States: 1) 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. Published by the Giving USA Foundation. View: All Giving USA Foundation Reports. View: All Giving USA Foundation Reports. 5) 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study :: Download. Published by M&R Research Labs.

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Social Media Mobile Report Communication 203

Candid

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Gates Foundation awards $35 million PRI for anti-viral therapeutics. September 16, 2021 UK-based Exscientia , an AI-driven pharmatech company, has announced a $35 million program-related investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop anti-viral therapeutics against coronavirus and other viruses with pandemic potential.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Further, a Concord Group Study found that 49% of nonprofits don’t have a strategic plan. That’s because donations to these organizations are usually tax-deductible for the donor, making it easier to raise funds. There are over 1.8 In the U.S.,

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Nonprofit Files Policy Software 81

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

Despite the robust annual increases, however, the current total falls short of the 13% of GDP analysts at NITI Aayog, an Indian government public policy think tank, believe is necessary for the country to meet its commitment to achieving 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. That amount constituted 8.3%

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Funders reported they had swiftly begun distributing emergency funds, had loosened requirements imposed on grantees, and realized the need to commit to deeper change in order to support long-term sector sustainability. Organizations identify funding, policy, and communication as the top ways they want funders to support their work.

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Rhode Island Impact Turkey Survey 75

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The Resource Gap in Rural Funding. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations. The nonprofit Bridgespan Group did a special post-recession report on overcoming the resource gap in rural funding. Just for Libraries.

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America Fund Resource Library 56

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

While most nonprofits aren’t gathering sticks to build a fire, survival does often depend on the small, unglamourous tasks of research, communication, and reporting to keep your funding streams alive. Risk Management starts before funding. Grant management systems are here for the long haul.

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Grant Management Award International 76

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Malala Fund’s research estimates 20 million more girls could be out of school after the pandemic ends. Our aim at Malala Fund is to create a world where every girl can access 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Malala Fund is partnering with ACE Charity in Nigeria to provide children. This is especially true for girls.

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Education Lebanon Nigeria Broadcast 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Most recently, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on artificial intelligence and its implications for civil society. Most recently, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on artificial intelligence and its implications for civil society. Source: Charity Digital News ).

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 5, 2022

A study by Fidelity Charitable found that cryptocurrency investors are more charitable than the average investor, despite nearly 50% of them saying it was difficult to find a nonprofit accepting this type of donation. There are several different ways that your organization can accept these donations: Through a donor-advised fund.

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Argentina Nonprofit Digital Storytelling 97

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The origins of some foundations’ wealth, which in some cases includes slavery and other forms of exploitation. Unicorns Unite: How nonprofits and foundations can build EPIC Partnerships. The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. A Place Where You Can Speak Your Mind to That Foundation.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Note from Beth: I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion in October at the recent Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson where I learned about some of the preliminary study result he discovered. From these questions, our national study, How Strong is Your Social Net? was created.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

That said, organic reach has been dropping slightly for LinkedIn Pages over the last year and will likely continue to do so, but the recent growth in its popularity, the demographics of its users, and the ability to connect with donors and engage corporate sponsors and foundations have made LinkedIn a must-use social network for nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Defourny et al., In 2014, Goodwill received $3.94

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2023

When you add bequests and gifts from family foundations to individuals, this share of the philanthropic pie is about 85%. By all means, welcome gifts from corporations and foundations, but prospect lists must emphasize individuals, because in the words of the infamous bank robber Willie Sutton: “That’s where the money is.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow and a research affiliate of the University of Washington’s Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, his writing and data visualization have appeared in The Atlantic, The Economist, The Guardian, Vox, and many other publications. Policy Associate, The Nature Conservancy. Amit Patel.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Hispanic Heritage Foundation The. Hispanic Heritage Foundation is an award-winning nonprofit that identifies, inspires, prepares and positions Latino leaders in the classroom, community and workforce to meet America’s priorities. Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Latino Victory.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Yet at the same time and even more so, the social media scientist in me wanted to experiment and study to see if a dormant online community could be brought back to life again. The new design was good enough to temp many of the old Myspacers back and Rupert Murdoch was out and Justin Timberlake was in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2020

It is a collaboration between sparks & honey , a business strategy firm and the Morgridge Family Foundation. The Institute of Women’s Policy Research estimates that employment around office work, food services and production, which are heavily dominated by women, will be hit the hardest by workforce changes brought on by AI. .

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

One study found that 86 percent of respondents believed that having a strategic plan positively impacted revenue generation through grants, donors, events, and other avenues. Then, outline the strategies you’ll use to acquire that funding. Leverage the power of your social networks to raise funds using this avenue.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Her work on nonprofit studies has appeared in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , Nonprofit Management & Leadership , Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , and Public Management Review. The findings of these studies often have important practical implications.

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Journal Associations Philanthropy Lesson 66

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

Organizations that rely on donations and grants for funding are being forced to look at their revenue portfolios and determine whether their revenue streams will be sustainable in the foreseeable future. Nonprofits are reimagining funding models and will have to think innovatively to ensure their mission continues. foreign policy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The war effort was thereby funded by wealthy families. The charitable deduction is a vital nexus between the general public, the nonprofit organizations they support, and government policy. His research includes studies of the scope, dimensions, administration, and financial operations of and reporting by nonprofit organizations.

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Serbia United States Government Georgia 76

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Check out this great wrap up of the new applications and services launched by Grameen Foundation’s AppLab, developed in Uganda, using Google SMS Search and in partnership with MTN Uganda as the mobile operator. Thanks, White African!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

In June, the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies’ 2020 Nonprofit Employment Report indicated that the nonprofit sector has faced sweeping layoffs—to the tune of 1.6 Closures and social distancing measures have wiped out organizations that didn’t have a rainy day fund. million workers between March and May of this year.

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America Nonprofit Local National 49

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

I also pointed her to CASE's book Advancement Services: A Foundation for Fund Raising , and CASE's Handbook of Institutional Advancement , which includes a chapter on Advancement Services, as well as the Association of Advancement Services Professionals. Advancement Services should be the foundation supporting the rest of Advancement.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 28, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. In this study, Chao Guo and I researched what nonprofit executives describe as the most important roles of the board. [1] Fund Development.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

More extensive research (that can be gleaned by engaging a professional prospect research service) would include finding out what they’ve given to other nonprofits and if they have a donor-advised fund or family foundation. Consultants gather this information to guide you in your cultivation and solicitation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. Mobile Organizational Culture social media policy Training Design' Alois Bell was a diner at AppleBee’s in St. Louise and Chelsea Welch was on the wait staff.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Trying to raise money, you increase your social networking, adding that responsibility to one of your employees, one who is paid with grant funds. What part of social networking can be charged to program funds? A new employee at a local foundation educates herself on the agencies they are funding by visiting their social network sites.

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