Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For example, the National Council of Nonprofits offers a range of resources, including information on board diversity and inclusion , as well as leadership development programs. Provide diversity and inclusion training for all staff and board members, to increase awareness and understanding of the issues faced by underserved communities.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change. We are taught to create an organizational chart or a program activity graphic or a network diagram of organizations needed to address an issue like homelessness or educational equity.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. But inkind gifts can also be intangibles such as professional services and rent-free space for offices or programs.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. It later expanded its program to include all at-risk populations, including displaced adults, as a means to better help the community. 's twenty-five metropolitan areas. Smooth Transition, Inc.,

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our volunteer program production is equivalent to 24 full-time employees…the value add is huge,” said Mary Cooper, Office Service Coordinator, St. MANNA was founded by volunteers so volunteerism is one of the foundations that makes our organization what it is today.”. Our volunteer program saves our organization around $230,000 a year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

But, wait – before you go recruiting your most outspoken supporters to shout about you in their Instagram stories, make sure you know these 7 keys to an effective social media ambassador program: . 7 Keys to an Effective Social Media Ambassador Program. Do you say homeless people or individuals experiencing homelessness?…

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2017

L4G is especially dedicated to hearing from those whose voices are often least heard, such as families visiting food pantries, youth attending afterschool academic and enrichment programs, residents living in public housing, recent immigrants using legal-aid services, and individuals participating in job-training programs.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

We are particularly pleased to support those partnerships that weave 2-1-1 operations into a more holistic effort, such as when integrated with elder care, homeless management, or disaster response. 2-1-1 centers are staffed by trained specialists who quickly assess the callers’ needs and refer them to the help they seek.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 25, 2019

These volunteers are individuals who volunteer in the capacity of their everyday work or with skills that they are specifically trained in. The difference between a skilled volunteer and a non-skilled volunteer is that skilled volunteers have education, training or abilities that a volunteer from the general population would not have.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

Note from Beth: I’ve just returned from an amazing training project in Cambodia and will be sharing more about that this coming week. Do nonprofits and foundations listen to the people they seek to help and act on what they hear? Photo by LIFT. The answer is…sort of….

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2014

One of which we partnered with Be a Leader Foundation and Duncan Family Farms on Cesar Chavez Day. We have chosen to do something about the challenges our world faces, by joining Public Allies and serving those experiencing homelessness, who have a severe mental illness, who are on a limited income or who have physical disabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Monthly donors give 42% more in one year than one-time donors and about 45% of donors participate in a monthly giving program. Micro-donation programs. While micro-donation or give-back programs may not be extremely lucrative opportunities, every penny counts. John Center for Homeless Men. Sports clinic.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 21, 2007

Most of the emails I receive are from companies or organizations, but this week I received an email from a reader who, along with her sister, is a triathlete "tri-ing" to end homelessness by raising awareness and funds for Genesis Home , a transitional shelter for homeless families in Durham, NC. homelessness triathalon activism

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

In order to lead your ministry, provide valuable programming, and connect your community to your mission, you need adequate funds. For example, faith-based organizations may use peer-to-peer fundraising to fund a new building or start a youth ministry program. That’s where peer-to-peer fundraising comes in.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

For the past six months, I’ve been collaborating with Third Plateau Social Impact on the “ Emerging Leaders Playbook ,” with funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The program department only meets with its staff and so on. Deepen Cross-Departmental Understanding. Too often, teams are siloed by function.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

More than a million tax-exempt organizations exist in the United States, including public charities, private foundations, and civic organizations—not counting the 220,000 religious congregations that are also registered. Helms founded Goodwill in 1902, described it as an “industrial program as well as a social service enterprise.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

Angel Covers : Through our programs that help create self-sufficient programs, $20 would provide food for a child for about half the year indefinitely. You can see some of the recent successes of these programs in their blog. Her journal/blog is here. Suggested by Ann, Ashima, and Maria. Suggested by Lynn Fillmore. Epic Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Listening beyond a brand, a program or a campaign. This bold project is incubated by Ocean Conservancy , and made possible by grants from the Waitt Foundation and other donors. Are people more compassionate to animals, more generous towards the homeless? What is Big Listening? Will hunger ever gain Beiber-like prominence?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

By the time I saw them, they had met with staff at MicroPlace , Lenders for Community Development , IDEO , the Kaiser Family Foundation , the Draper Richards Foundation , Upwardly Global , 826 Valencia , MAPLight , Taoit , People's Grocery , Whole Foods and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. times the number currently employed."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Last year, when I turned 51, I posted a challenge on my blog - could I get 51 people to donate $10 to the Sharing Foundation? Is someone you know training to run a marathon for charity? Or, maybe you're trying to get in shape and training for a marathon or cycling event. January: Have a January birthday? And, yes they did !

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sgEngage

MARCH 27, 2023

Foundations and grantmaking organizations are trying to untangle some of the world’s messiest problems: homelessness, food insecurity, climate change, and the rights of people who are often overlooked, to name a few. And you can use multiple applications to manage different grant programs. And several ways not to do it.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Consider creating a virtual volunteer program and brainstorm ways that your supporters can help digitally. UrbanPromise Charlotte implemented a program during the pandemic called “Family Meetings.” In response, they created “mega-virtual troops” to keep the girls engaged while their regular programming was canceled.

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Candid

JUNE 20, 2023

Candid’s GuideStar contains comprehensive information on over two million nonprofits, including data on their mission, financials, people, and programs. nonprofits and foundations. Visit a Candid nonprofit profile The first way folks can access demographic data is by registering for a free account on Candid’s GuideStar.

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Alternately, if you can foresee circumstances where you would want to support crisis calls, homeless intake, elderly services, disaster relief, and other family service programs (through your own offices or through partner agencies), then you are looking for a software solution that is designed to support multi-purpose, multi-partner use.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

The nature center may have introduced new programs, expanded its staff, and launched a multi-million-dollar capital campaign, but the essence of the organization remained beautifully simple. Further research revealed that the organization does economic development work while training people in the community in entrepreneurship.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? And that’s when you deliver a program or a good, it can be tangible or non-tangible, to a person, or it could be a pet, or in the community. And that includes the extended effect on the programs delivered. Are they wanting to fund capacity-building initiatives?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

But she’s been in your shoes, like I said, being a leader of an organization and also raising a ton of money and does a lot of these trainings. She’s got an awesome YouTube channel where she does a lot of free trainings as well. And it’s also certified by the Harvard Business School.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Knowing your rights is the key to finding common ground with the people around you and protecting the basic foundation of equality all humans are entitled to. The 4 Humanity Project was created to provide sustainable humanitarian relief around the world through “agricultural sustenance and vocational training.” Global Impact.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In my work, I’m constantly fielding questions about grants from busy executive directors without formal grants training. Development directors who wear many hats, entry-level grant staff who don’t have much experience, and even program staff who get thrown into grant-writing roles. Who are the program participants?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

As part of its Be Fearless initiative, the Case Foundation has chosen the 20 winners of Finding Fearless —a nationwide campaign to recognize, reward and inspire fearless changemakers. provides a 12-week afterschool program and 4-month paid apprenticeship wellness program for low-income high school students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

An island-wide educational campaign in Puerto Rico to educate people on the importance of spaying and neutering and vaccinating their dogs and cats, in hopes of alleviating the drastic conditions for the 100,000+ “satos” (street dogs) that are homeless and roaming the beaches and streets of PR. SafeAmerica Foundation , Bill Soule. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2015

It doesn’t mean that we’re going to do a survey once as a fancy report for a Foundation. Another example was to help Youth Homeless Shelters. They interviewed them and found out that homeless teens want one thing – jeans. Kids learned about homelessness. It is ongoing.”. A Culture of Iteration.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

After years of fundraising in the “trenches,” as well as coaching and training thousands of organizations to raise money from individual donors, Lori L. Lori has found that one thing creates a successful individual donor fundraising program. Turn Them On: Build Your Fundraising Program with #DonorLove. 1:15-2:15pm CST.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Star Wars creator George Lucas is famous for his charitable giving (the George Lucas Educational Foundation is actually a force behind Edutopia ), but what's less known are the philanthropic efforts of the cast & crew of The Force Awakens to help nonprofits like UNICEF. Comic Relief. The Art League. The Harry Potter Alliance.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

This is my second year as a "sister," which means that I pay $27 a month to support one woman for a year while she goes through a program to help her rebuild her life after war. She also goes through a vocational skills and business skills training track, where it ends up giving her tangible skills, so she can get a job.

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