Blue Avocado

MARCH 12, 2024

One of the questions I’m often asked is: “How do I find grants?” But I don’t hear the more important question: “How do I know the grant is right for me?” First, let’s start with the most basic question. Governments — federal, state, county, and city branches can be a good source of funding. How do I find them?

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In the process, I was exposed to a number of organizations whose boards struggled with a variety of issues. But the reality is that these people won’t necessarily be effective in a governance role. This proved to be a wonderful way to share nationally AbilityFirst’s empowerment philosophy.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 25, 2016

and were more interested in social issues concerning education, health care and the economy. Highlights from Wave 2 include: Education and health care remained the first- and second- highest social issues of interest for millennials, but employment/wages edged out the economy as the third-highest issue of interest.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

For example, a growth or decrease in individual giving might be vitally important to your nonprofit but totally irrelevant to others (like those primarily funded by government sources.) But time is always an issue. Or will the biased side of generative AI become more dominant?

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

GOLD – Government Website. Gold – Government Website. social justice issues?that?impact?the in an interactive activity to consider challenging questions about race, identity, and economic justice over a meal. National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Washington State Wine Commission. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). Notably, about 32% of nonprofit funding comes from government contracts and grants. Practicing principled bipartisanship” by prioritizing issues over political party.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

On June 1, programmers, activists, and civic leaders participated in the first ever National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH) across 83 U.S. The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Image 1: National Day of Civic Hacking, IntelFreePress.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

What questions should you ask before starting a nonprofit? Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? The answer could be “both.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

These days, persistent societal challenges are on the rise: hunger, mental health issues, contagious disease, conflict, chronic inequality, and the climate crisis. The approach just might serve as a model for other issues, as well. Think Big and Work Together Start by challenging your assumptions on the issue.

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Candid

MARCH 16, 2022

Over the last two weeks, the Council on Foundations has received scores of questions from the field about how to help the Ukrainian people during the ongoing Russian invasion, including during our recent webinar with the State Department. One of the easiest options for U.S. Namely: Russia’s civil society has been under assault for decades.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

Most civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens don’t use high-level jargon such as Internet governance and ICT policy. The 6th Internet Governance Forum will soon bring multiple stakeholders to Kenya to discuss key policy and governance issues. This was originally posted on the GuideStar International Blog.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

National Council for Mental Wellbeing. The National Council on Mental Wellbeing drives policy and social change on behalf of over 3,100 mental health and substance use treatment organizations and the more than 10 million children, adults and families they serve. Silver – State Government Website. social justice issues?that?impact?the

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

National Council for Mental Wellbeing. The National Council on Mental Wellbeing drives policy and social change on behalf of over 3,100 mental health and substance use treatment organizations and the more than 10 million children, adults and families they serve. Silver – State Government Website. social justice issues?that?impact?the

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Hunger is a global issue that affects everyone, everywhere. Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. However, there’s a lot more work to be done. What Ideas Were Generated?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Respondents were from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands and Nordic nations (Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland). Unsurprisingly, money issues rose to the top of the discussion almost every time. First up is finances. I’ve spoken with quite a few nonprofits over the course of the pandemic.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The incoming Obama administration is pledging to use some innovative internet strategies to expand citizen access to government information and processes. government CTO, spoke about how DC has created more than 200 data feeds on D.C. city issues and indicators. A tall order. For example, Vivek Kundra, the Washington, D.C.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. I think this is fair to say we have leading minds on both sides of the issue. We do not know the full power of artificial intelligence (AI) yet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

But in the race to remain current, we can sometimes forget to take a step back and ask ourselves a few basic questions: How do we know if all our social media efforts are actually worth the investment? Larry Swiader, Senior Director of Digital Media at The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Government.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 31, 2011

Next week, volunteer managers, service leaders, nonprofit staff and government representatives will come together for three days of learning and sharing in New Orleans, LA, at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Together, leaders and innovators and thinkers will ask a very important question: What should we stop doing?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Yes, the issues are complex. Unless you are committed to making a cultural change, the question of DEI is moot. Both of these national, multicultural membership organizations—and there are others, regionally—include extensive job listings in their newsletters and on their websites. Scrap your assumptions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In looking at the problem from the perspective of smaller nonprofits serving high needs communities with growing multifaceted issues, sustainability becomes even more daunting. Answer the question – What community need am I responding to, and how does a social enterprise approach meet the need versus a traditionally funded program model?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2012

He responds to questions and has conversations as well as confrontations with journalists (and others) in his personally branded Twitter account. Jeannette Kagame on Twitter (if anyone does know her account, please share in the comments), I discovered that her NGO, Imbuto Foundation , was on Twitter. Feed a child, feed a nation!

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2022

Meetings allow you to discuss important issues, work through challenges, and ensure everyone’s on the same page. . Pair verbal and visual presentation elements to answer team members’ questions and to clear up complex topics. . You can plan well-run. team meetings. Delivering better internal presentations. . Grant funders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place recently in Seattle. Funding Services AND Advocacy: The Smart Choice for Grantmakers – guest post by Aaron Dorfman, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. I sure hope so.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Issues-Based Strategic Planning Model An issues-based strategic planning model can be used when your organization’s internal operations are in more turbulent conditions. An issues-based nonprofit strategic planning model is a living plan. Ask yourself some of the following questions. What can we automate?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The National Association for College Admission Counseling reported in 2015 that 36% of first-time freshmen apply to seven or more colleges. That means your university is competing with many other higher education institutions across the nation that are all catering to your potential students. This is also known as content governance.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2021

I’ve been asking myself this question for months. With how negative and cynical many museum professionals (especially myself) sound about museums on Twitter and in other professional spaces the question that follows is: “Why do you keep choosing to work in museums since you think they are so awful/bad/whatever?”

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

According to Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices 2015 , many nonprofit boards across the country are earning B-minuses for their performance. BoardSource, the country’s leading nonprofit governance consultants, provides some great advice in this week’s guest post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

The New York Times reported on the use of social media and protests suggesting that Egypt’s government was afraid of the power of social networking tools. There are a few issues with trying to follow the issue directly via the hashtag. It is a firehouse, uncurated list. How to contextualize it?

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Care2

MAY 30, 2014

If nonprofits are going to solve the world''s toughest social justice issues and create real world impact, then we need to disrupt the charities and radically change the way they function and are led. Ask questions you want answered about what your organization is struggling with. How to disrupt your board and governance.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2018

If you use Facebook, you probably have noticed how the news feed presents political or issue-related ads. In addition to designating the ad as “sponsored”, political and issue-related ads have an info icon which expands to display the organization that paid for the ad. government reform. government reform. civil rights.

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Achieve

JUNE 9, 2014

Millennials have grown up in a hyper-connected society: A world where unanswered questions are solved by Googling and anyone with Internet access can crowdfund money for charities or spread a global message through a viral YouTube video. Like every generation, Millennials will view the world based on the values they were brought up with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

I just returned from doing Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshops at the National Summer Learning Association’s Conference in Indianapolis. Since I had a lot of educators and people who run summer camps and other programs, a policy question came up. As I discovered when I did an online [.].

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 7, 2013

Question: My board of directors is not effective at raising funds to support our organization. Many members seem afraid of the issue and say things like “I will do anything but fundraise.” Do you have questions about starting, governing, managing or operating a nonprofit organization? How do I get them involved?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

It’s funny, my parents asked the same question.) As an intern with HRDAG , I was part of the team analyzing data drawn from documents in the National Police Archive, a cache of approximately 80 million sheets of paper kept by the police system during the Guatemalan Civil War, a 36-year long conflict that ended in 1996.

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