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Nonprofit Fundraising and Advocacy

ASU Lodestar Center

In the same conversation he lamented to me how much government funding he was losing because of state budget cuts for his core mission and programs. Government funding for many nonprofits, particularly health and human services nonprofits in Arizona, can be anywhere from 50% to 90% of the agency funding.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Father McKenna Center : The McKenna Center serves the needs of the poor, men, women and children through a variety of programs funded by generous individuals, religious orders and institutions, foundations and government grants. Their use of Facebook was instrumental in winning Sears’ Dads Making a Difference Contest.

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

At the time, the Federal government had just signed the welfare deform legislation, pushing millions of welfare recipients from welfare to work. The industry -- the federal government, and the state government specifically exclude domestic workers as classes of workers to be protected by labor rights legislation.

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Twenty "Fearless" Changemakers

Have Fun - Do Good

Michael Bitz | Youth Music Exchange | Forest Hills, NY Youth Music Exchange launches record labels inside schools, organized and managed by youth, enabling students to write, record, and distribute original music. Twitter: @PDXJrScientists ) 16. Twitter: @cityhallfellows ) 17. Twitter: @americasvoice ) 20.

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Should You Accept ANY Type of Nonprofit Donation? (And How Should You Gracefully Decline a Gift?)

Get Fully Funded

But from time to time, a donor will offer you something else: stock, bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), cryptocurrency, an acre of undeveloped land, a house, a boat, a car, a painting, a sculpture, a rare book, a musical instrument, or something else that makes you scratch your head. Should you say “yes” and take the donation?

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100+ Fundraising Event Ideas to Try in 2021 and Beyond

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Board fundraisers – Your nonprofit board of directors is the governing body of your organization. John Center for Homeless Men recently did their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent , with some of their participants raising over $10,000 in their house party. Or do you know any musicians?

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