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Weekly update from PND

Candid

170 million in challenge grants for low-income, undocumented students. September 30, 2021 The Schuler Education Foundation has awarded a first round of challenge grants totaling $170 million to five colleges in support of financial aid for low-income and/or undocumented students. A weekly update with the latest news from PND.

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And second, Donna McNear, the itinerant teacher of the visually impaired from Minnesota, who kept telling me that I had to go to Washington and talk to the Department of Education. We were following in his footsteps, on a path he helped create! Washington? Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” Thank you again for this honor!

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Duluth, MN / $299. Join the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for our 2016 Annual Conference. Global delegates. Global Summit on Community Philanthropy. Amazing speakers.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Minneapolis, MN / Less than $200. Cultivating Student Philanthropy. Cultivating Student Philanthropy. Leadership. Fundraising.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Minneapolis, MN / $209. Alliance Management Institute (AMI). Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Kansan City, KA/ $625. The IMPACT Conference / Dayton, OH / TBD.

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Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to speak at the Minnesota Council for Nonprofits annual conference; and after my presentation, I spent a couple hours speaking with folks from various nonprofits, vendors and service organizations. I want to start, first, with a story…. But roles that will decide how we move into the future.

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[VIDEO] Keeping Your Donor Database Healthy, Wealth, and Wise

Bloomerang

Mary’s University of Minnesota. But the one universal global thing is that data, data is just bad. How many of you feel like that, or cringe when your executive director goes, “Let’s just ask some of these high school students that come to after school?” I’m a certified fundraising executive.