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2024 ActivateYYC Grants: Funding to create healthier, safer, and more engaging public spaces

Charity Village

Funding ranges from $500-$5,000. All community associations, […] The post 2024 ActivateYYC Grants: Funding to create healthier, safer, and more engaging public spaces appeared first on CharityVillage. The grant program is made possible by a partnership between the City of Calgary and the Federation of Calgary Communities.

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. What’s the problem? What’s the problem?

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Donor-Advised Fund Spotlight Examines Use of Complex Assets to Fund DAF Philanthropy

NonProfit PRO

A new spotlight report from National Philanthropic Trust (NPT), the largest national, independent public charity that manages donor-advised funds (DAF), details that on average, over the past five years, noncash assets accounted for more than half of total contributions to NPT DAFs.

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Fundraising & Public Relations: What’s the Connection?

The Fundraising Authority

If you came into the office and had messages waiting from major funders who wanted to learn more about your organization, and about what your funding needs are? Similarly, wouldn’t it be nice to have some real, hard, solid “social proof” to take with you as you approached new prospects… something to show them just how important your work is?

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund.

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Do Negativity And Alarm Really Raise More Funds?

Bloomerang

Does negativity and alarm really raise funds?” —John, CEO of a civic education nonprofit Dear John, This is a top-of-mind question for many fundraising professionals. Worse, studies show that we’re more likely to perceive negative news as truthful. This might be why bad news seems to garner more attention.

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Endaoment Launches Fund to Raise Money for Homes, Water and Meals in Underserved Communities

NonProfit PRO

The blockchain-based nonprofit Endaoment recently announced the launch of the Basic Needs Fund, a collaborative effort that aims to bring housing, water, and food to critically underserved and marginalized communities around the world.

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