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What strategies can nonprofits implement to successfully navigate disruption?

ASU Lodestar Center

Maintain a contingency fund. Vicki MacFarlane is a 2021 graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University and a member of the international Nu Lambda Mu Nonprofit Honor Society. An Iowa native, Vicki resides and works along the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa, with her husband, Jeff.

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Funding Rural America: Bridging the Resource Gap

Tech Soup

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. Casey Foundations.

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How To Write A Nonprofit Mission Statement in 7 Steps (Plus 10 Great Examples)

Neon CRM

Have you had any major changes in funding? Iowa Healthiest State Initiative “To become the healthiest state in the nation by improving the physical, social and emotional well-being of Iowans.” Do you offer any new programs? Have you narrowed or expanded your mission? Have you limited or expanded your service area?

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Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In addition to the Emerging Leaders Peer Learning project, I continued to serve as the facilitator for a learning network of community foundations who are hosting Giving Days, funded by the Knight Foundation. I produced four “ Advanced Practices Webinars ” for the Knight Foundation for Giving Days hosts.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

Be upfront about the funds it will take to implement or run a program. Do not submit a grant proposal that only covers a portion of the program; submit a proposal asking to cover all the expenses, including supplies and salary of the program director. ): Tufts University Press. Harold, J., & & Berger, K.

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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere, April 17-23

Tech Soup

It's been a big week in the TechSoup universe. Conferencing Virtually : The Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference. Elliot points out the Nonprofit Finance Fund's new package of services for nonprofits coping with the economy. GreenTech's TeleGreen Your Work campaign is underway. Sage is giving away fundraising software.

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How Healthy Do You Want Your Nonprofit Board To Be?

BoardAssist

Prior to joining BoardSource’s leadership team in December 2008, she served as the vice president of development at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute. The post How Healthy Do You Want Your Nonprofit Board To Be? appeared first on BoardAssist. governance'

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