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Making #GivingTuesday Count: New Mexico State University’s Story

Connection Cafe

One day can make a difference and New Mexico State University (NMSU) can prove it! We partnered with local businesses, partnered with local government officials to proclaim December 1, 2015 #GivingTuesday at NMSU Day and celebrated these partnerships, our team and donors throughout the day.

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Government, Community, and Corporate Partnerships to Expand Broadband Access

Tech Soup

The project is called Fast-Forward New Mexico (FFNM) and they're working with the New Mexico State Library in order to help spread broadband access and know-how through 17 different libraries to increasingly underserved and disenfranchised communities across the state.

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Funders: Considering Collaboration? Start With a Light Touch and See Where It Leads

sgEngage

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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What are Effective Strategies Nonprofit Organizations Use to Improve Diversity and Inclusion?

ASU Lodestar Center

In a recent study, researchers found that “a board that has greater gender diversity has more effective governance practices and is more likely to have policies and practices related to diversity” (Buse, Bernstein, Bilimoria, 2014, p. This leads to effective board governance and an overall healthier organization. 32 Issue: 7, pp.

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The Three P’s of Board Performance

ASU Lodestar Center

A 2015 Stanford study on boards of directors in nonprofit organizations found that “over two thirds (69 percent) of nonprofit directors say their organization has faced one or more serious governance related problems in the past 10 years.” So how does an organization improve effectiveness and increase board performance?

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Youth Programs

Kindful

Areas served: Mexico, Haiti, US (priority: Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans). Grant funds are made available across a variety of categories, based on donor intent and the guidance of our Governing Committee. They accept applications at any time. There are no deadlines or specific grantmaking cycles.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

Grant funds are made available across a variety of categories, based on donor intent and the guidance of our Governing Committee. Areas served: Santa Fe/New Mexico. The Columbus Foundation invests in a broad range of nonprofit organizations working to strengthen and improve their community. Alaska Conservation Foundation.