Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

Unlike a Governing Board, often called a Board of Directors, an Advisory Board has no decision-making authority and does not issue directives or have fiduciary responsibility. Giving Advice The most obvious role for a nonprofit Advisory Board is to give advice to the Governing Board and staff. Raising an Organization’s Profile.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Their donors, staff, and board members have extensive knowledge of local needs and organizations, and they also have relationships with local leaders in business, government, and education. Oftentimes, local government agencies and other funding organizations like United Way participate. . Benefits of Funder Collaboration .

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sgEngage

JULY 19, 2021

States , journals , and professional associations declared racism a public health emergency. Organizations that provide food , housing , and other essential services faced sky-high demand. Do they map to your Community Health Needs Assessment? Assess current priorities. What are the organizations being supported?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2020

Adding an alternative registration option to your current event registration can help your event remain inclusive of those people who prefer to avoid large public gatherings. We suggest publicizing a consistent hashtag so people can easily see all the activity on social media. The opportunities are virtually endless… pun intended.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2013

Some big news this week as President Obama further commits to opening up government data by signing an Executive Order. Open Government Data. Landmark Steps to Liberate Open Data President Obama has signed an Executive Order to make government data more accessible to the public and entrepreneurs. Nonprofit Data.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” Legal services. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. In the U.S.,

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NTEN

APRIL 19, 2011

You can learn where you're providing services, what people think of them, and how that's changing over time. Your work happens in a variety of contexts – the work of other organizations, the economy, and your local government, to name a few. It's great stuff – but it's not enough. Your data isn't meant to be consumed all by itself.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

This spring, we’ve been evaluating some of the new social platforms on the market to see if there is anything new that would help elevate nonprofit and/or public sector missions. It too offers the opportunity to demonstrate credibility with the public in terms of the services they provide. Key benefits.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 7, 2009

The word ‘social’ is often used to imply all the various work that goes on in the public and third sector, and by individuals, to improve the world around us, care for each other, create value for communities and tackle the problems and inequalities of the world. This book is a map of where these two words meet. Social enterprise.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Insights on Government Funding. Since government is a major funder of rural programs, it's useful to know that a clear trend in government funding is interagency collaborations. More government grants are looking for collaborations among multiple organizations that are able to address an issue from different angles.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 25, 2017

As New York’s leading personalized board matching service, folks come to BoardAssist every day looking to make a difference in the nonprofit world. With their cash flow forecast, they had a road map and an early warning system that allows them to react and plan well in advance of running out of cash. So how do you do it?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

Who thinks social service organizations should fly under the same banner as those that organize the public for political change? Google Labs has a cool tool where you can map usage of words in published materials. The map for American English usage of "philanthropy" is below. In contrast, take a look at " nonprofit."

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! After all, both are businesses, and both can help you provide the service you want to share.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. Interested? Eligibility.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Its mission is to offer products and services that help telecenters become self-sustainable while providing low-cost public access to computers and the Internet.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 27, 2013

Remember that you can't always judge a big organization by its publicity, since that may just reflect a large advertising budget. Several new services are available to help monitor a charity's effectiveness. Some charitable organizations are performing self-evaluations and making the findings public. Like this article?

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. Click here to read the full story pictured above.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. But, besides all the publicity, what’s in it for me? That sounds great. How do you plan on doing that? Interesting proposition.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2010

For example, one of the promises the Obama administration has come through on is making as much government information publicly available -- thus, transparency. community has evolved into a world of fantastic, innovative and creative web development and mapping projects to integrate government data using APIs into websites.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Outside of our organizations, we have government institutions, and service providers. The community, partners, government, are all necessary for really making a change. The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even! How do you evaluate your programs and services?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. The ‘Digital Connect’ story of the month is open to nonprofits who have used TechSoup services in the past. (a)

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Poke around the map and see for yourself. Even if you don't win this month, we would still love to place your organization's story on the Local Impact Map. The winning stories will also be featured on the Local Impact Map at TechSoupGlobal.org as Featured Stories in November 2014. Official Rules. October 2, 2014.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! How can we expect nonprofits to pick up the slack of government cuts?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? It also must have resources — such as an accessible dataset — available in the public domain to support the app. Range is a map-based app that shows where youth can get free summer meals.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2016

"Organizations will pay significant consequences if they don't work openly, honestly and proactively with government and society. Robin Nuttall : There is simply a lot of value at stake for business in connecting well with society, and by society we mean a whole range of external stakeholders—government, academics, NGOs.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

These challenges helped provide early publicity, support, collaboration opportunities, and funding for now-famous "tech for good" organizations such as Ushahidi , FrontlineSMS , and many others. The information would be compiled and displayed in real time online on a map. Ushahidi Harnesses Data for Social Good.

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Forum One

JANUARY 10, 2023

As we begin 2023, we are seeing big changes in the way federal and state governments work. Some of the digital government trends I believe will be most impactful in 2023 include: Where We Work – Many government agencies have liberalized their work-from-home policies. But the data is useless if it isn’t being used.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Companies like MaxMind and IP2Location update their databases regularly so you don’t need to figure out the mapping of IPs. In fact, many government organizations are embracing open data and releasing their data sets to the general public via APIs. One of my favorites is run by a nonprofit called MapLight.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? Refuge Restrooms is a web application and a mobile app (Android and iOS) that crowdsources and maps locations of gender-neutral and trans-safe bathrooms. Connecting People to Vital Services.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! The third one is Western Navajo Juvenile Services Coordinating Council, in Tuba City.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Los Angeles, California: Data Visualization with Tableau Public and Power BI. Chicago, Illinois: Justice Data Lab: Unlocking Government Administrative Data. Chicago, Illinois: Knowledge Mapping for Greater Social Good. Dublin, Ireland: Digital Street Mapping Workshop. Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Thursday, May 11, 2017.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

web projects we think the federal government should fund. By civic infrastructure we mean online services which: -help people and government understand and address important social problems; -will be a platform to support or catalyze the innovative work of others to address these problems; -will provide benefits very broadly ?

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! The public-serving ones often apply for a federal charitable exemption.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

This new free online data visualization and mapping tool demonstrates the value of applying technology to philanthropy, in this case, creating a place to find out how and where foundations are supporting U.S. Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S. To quote an overly used advertising tag line: know the gaps.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

CON: can feel disconnected from the primary governance of the museum or can feel like a second-class board overall. C3 was a list of about 80 people from diverse networks throughout Santa Cruz--from librarians to social services to roller derby. This map formed the basis for topic definition for subsequent meetings.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. CUP is a New York City based organization that educates and informs the public, educators, and policy makers to help them make smarter urban growth decisions. Let's look at another example of this in practice.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

All of the words probably have different meanings to each of us, but as a term, I mean programming, services, media events or campaigns that emerge from the needs, actions and involvement of the community. Maybe you provide services, and your community doesn’t want to be providing those services, but they are happy you are doing so.

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