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Fundraising Success Story: Couple Raises Money to Adopt a Child with Teespring

Tech Soup

The money will aid them in the lengthy and expensive child adoption process. Shelley is a news reporter for KWWL in eastern Iowa and maintains the blog This Family’s Journey where she chronicles stories from her and her husband Chris’ marriage. Fundraising tsfundraising teespring tsteespring'

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

ASU Lodestar Center

Overhead is defined as a “percentage of a charity’s expenses that goes to administrative and fundraising costs” (Guidestar, 2014). Therefore, other factors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and other practices should be considered as part of the bigger picture. Conclusion.

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An Opportunity for Hope, Strength, and Joy

DipJar

Since 1986, Make-A-Wish ® Iowa has been providing moments of joy and glimmers of hope for families coping with critical illnesses. We spoke with Natalie Brecht and Lexi Konig, the Director of Events and Marketing and Communications Manager, respectively, to learn how Make-A-Wish Iowa has navigated the past two years. She saved the day!

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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough

NTEN

Simply put, the cloud by its very nature offers you better, more effective software solutions while saving your organization time, money and effort. A board member can log in and see, in real time and read only, exactly how much money was raised this month, without messing anything up. David Geilhufe, NetSuite, Inc.

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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough

NTEN

Simply put, the cloud by its very nature offers you better, more effective software solutions while saving your organization time, money and effort. A board member can log in and see, in real time and read only, exactly how much money was raised this month, without messing anything up. David Geilhufe, NetSuite, Inc.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

The Iowa Women’s Foundation. WomensNet, which founded the Amber Grant Foundation, gives away at least $10,000 every month in Amber Grant money, as well as a year-end grant of $25,000. The Iowa Women’s Foundation. The Iowa Women’s Foundation is committed to improving the lives of Iowa’s women and girls.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

The Iowa Women’s Foundation. WomensNet, which founded the Amber Grant Foundation, gives away at least $10,000 every month in Amber Grant money, as well as a year-end grant of $25,000. The Iowa Women’s Foundation. The Iowa Women’s Foundation is committed to improving the lives of Iowa’s women and girls.