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New and Improved Data Visualization Tool: Maps for Media Funding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009.

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What’s the Risk of Starting a Nonprofit?

NonProfit Hub

Plus, some organizations may be inactive temporarily, but eventually find funding and are able to start back up again. Here’s an interactive map that will tell you how many nonprofits your state has per person. And these maps will tell you exactly how many nonprofits are in your state and how many there are per 1,000 people.

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Great reads from around the web on July 18th

Amy Sample Ward

Mapping Trends in Philanthropy « NathanielJames.org – "Philanthropy is changing, and I want to contribute to creating the best of all possible worlds for the social sector. Today, I’m launching a series on Mapping Trends in Philanthropy, to share what I am learning and invite a conversation with leaders in the field.

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Kicking off SOCAP16 at the Intersection of Money and Meaning

Connection Cafe

Impact investors fund organizations that sell products that lead to positive social outcomes. However, there’s an interesting twist: those foundations with endowments (largely private foundations) are now using their capital, which is usually invested in more traditional financial products, to fund impact investments.

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Mapping funding for racial justice: A political imperative

Candid

Since 2010, Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) and Candid have partnered on research that maps funding for human rights globally. Over this time, we have had a glaring omission: our research has not captured funding related to race or ethnicity, despite significant and global human rights work in this area. Even in the U.S.,

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The workshop was presented by the Colorado Association of Funders and the Colorado Nonprofit Association and sponsored by Gill Foundation , Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado , The Colorado Health Foundation , and The Colorado Trust. The Environmental Defense Fund has used the game for an internal training for 300 people.

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Keynote by George McCully at NTC Boston

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The theme of NTC Boston2005 was "Enabling Technology Funding: Issues for Grantmakers and Grantseekers." " He shared a visual diagram of his taxonomy of MA nonprofits that did with analyzing Form 990 information and google. (Note: My collection of vlog and blog posts on the NTC Boston 2005 can be found here ).

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