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Quick Guide to Grants for Nonprofits: Tips, Resources & More

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Government The government provides grants at federal, state, and local levels to ease the burden of overhead or administration costs for nonprofits like yours. For example, the federal government often provides funding to state and local governments for formula grants that benefit federal programs. The Ford Foundation granted $1.07

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. As a result, the focus has been writing grant proposals rather than appealing for individual support. M-Changa strives to make it convenient for local NGOs to accept both mobile and card payments.

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Local Stories, Global Audience

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

originally submitted two separate project proposals both focused on working class neighborhoods in Medell??n They are now all working together and have formed an organization called HiperBarrio with the tagline Historias Locales, audiencia global, or ???Local Local Stories, global audience.???

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Commentary: Closing the Wealth Gap, Close to Home

The NonProfit Times

A 2023 proposal in Congress called for the redistribution of $14 trillion. In many low-income Black communities, support services come from locally-based nonprofits — day care centers, after-school programs, senior centers, libraries, churches, and so on. million to Black residents. Here is one practical approach. and Canada.

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Citizen Philanthropy: Delivering Impactful Pro Bono Support From Anywhere

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. Clearly, the V2I team needed a quick pivot to a new way to achieve their mission.

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Philanthropy Delivers New Promise of Quality Education for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This topic was center-stage at this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum. Gallucci noted that there was one statistic that matters to him: “There are 39 million girls globally that should be in secondary education, and who are not.” It provides returns for decades. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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Throwback Thursday: GlassPockets editor’s top five for funders

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And can small foundations effectively and efficiently review an open call for proposals? When Numbers Fall Short: The Challenge of Measuring Diversity in a Global Context. This makes it challenging to measure diversity, equity, and inclusion in a global context. Many demographic frameworks are set up for US-based organizations.

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