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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Im tells NPQ that “one of the main goals of this is to bring attention to the need for philanthropic support of journalism.” And the way to do that is through journalism.” The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed. We have a crisis in our country,” Im adds.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

The Central Asia Institute is only one nonprofit organization that has fallen from grace due to poor nonprofit governance. Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2. Increased understanding of their legal and governance responsibilities.

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3 Top Learning Strategies You Need To Change The World

Bloomerang

That’s why I always tell my clients to put their plans, policies, and procedures in writing. How about trying to journal? The easiest place to begin might be to keep a gratitude journal. The easiest place to begin might be to keep a gratitude journal. For fundraisers, I recommend you keep a donor gratitude journal.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

This lab will bring together leaders from across the nonprofit, government, and for-profit sectors to lend their expertise to ideate and co-design technology solutions to advance progress on this issue. Clayton Aldern leads data journalism at Grist. Policy Associate, The Nature Conservancy. Clayton Aldern.

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Cryptocurrency in the nonprofit sector: What you need to know

ASU Lodestar Center

Cryptocurrency is created by code, not issued by a government like dollars or pesos. Many nonprofit organizations do not think about cryptocurrency until a donor attempts to donate; by having policies in place, your nonprofit can be ready to accept cryptocurrency safely and easily. How should nonprofits accept cryptocurrency?

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Please Join VisionLink In Welcoming Aaron Titus To Our Proud Family!

VisionLink

Aaron has spent seven years as the Privacy Fellow for the Washington DC policy institute Liberty Coalition. Aaron Titus’ work has been covered in countless newspapers and news media outlets, including the Washington Post, New York Times, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, ABC, MSNBC, and NPR.

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