Forum One

APRIL 20, 2023

We are so proud to share that Mike Shoag, Forum One’s Vice President of Government Services, is a 2023 Engage FedGov Honoree! As part of the 2023 Engage FedGov leadership awards, Mike Shoag has been recognized, alongside an impressive list of peers, as an exceptional leader in the Federal government sector.

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Government Award Cancer Proposal 60

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. You want to tap into the integrations between your systems or have systems that have open endpoints, allowing you to customize them to your needs. Create a request for proposal (RFP). Review their proposals.

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. As they wait, organizations, ideas, and potential progress suffer, and the riskier and newer a proposal feels, the more it is placed in the wait-and-see category.

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Problem Skills Proposal Grant 74

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Governments in developing countries are thinking seriously about how to provide quality secondary education, noted Gallucci and Roy, yet less known are which interventions are economical and will increase demand, access, and retention. This is where philanthropy comes in. This is a hopeful time in the long arc of inclusive education.

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Education Philanthropy Africa Foundation 164

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

When you started your organization, you drafted a set of nonprofit bylaws which are the rules spelling out how your new venture would operate and how your Board would govern it. Simply put, you don’t know what kind of governance rules your nonprofit needs until you are actually operating. The focus should be on governance.

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Government Nonprofit Review Language 122

Qgiv

APRIL 2, 2024

Nonprofit grant proposals can be a daunting task for fundraisers, but it’s a key way to help gain more sustainable funding for your organization. From finding the right grants to writing and applying for them, grant proposals require a lot of research and attention to detail! What is a grant proposal?

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Proposal Grant Template Guide 52

NTEN

MAY 15, 2014

There have been a tremendous amount of issues and disasters in the news recently, but I want to draw your attention to a critically important story that is developing as you read this: once again, our open Internet is in danger. Why does an open Web matter to your organization? Why does an open Web matter to your organization?

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Proposal Law Internet Voice 100

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2011

." What We Lose if We Lose Data.gov | Freedom to Tinker – "In its latest 2011 budget proposal, Congress makes deep cuts to the Electronic Government Fund. This fund supports the continued development and upkeep of several key open government websites, including Data.gov, USASpending.gov and the IT Dashboard.

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Web Kenya Iraq Proposal 105

Museum 2.0

JUNE 19, 2013

A few years and a few hundred open mics into that experience, it became obvious that some venues fostered amazing poetry communities, others, not so much. One of my favorite open mics was at the Cantab in Cambridge, MA. Compare that with any number of lousy open mics. The process is incredibly open and equal.

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Participatory Process Open Proposal 51

Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

In the last six years, Community Boost_r , ReStart Challenges , and Things Camp have used an open community challenge model. These open challenges help activists, nonprofits, journalists, techies, and community members identify, refine, build, and launch technology tools to solve pressing local and regional problems.

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Local Challenge Romania Open 36

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Ricard Espelt to learn more about the various projects he’s working on in Spain leveraging new technologies for public engagement, government transparency and community building. We proposed a new path to take decisions. government. Learn more in the interview below.

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Interview Government Proposal Spain 155

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The mission of A People’s Guide to AI is to open up conversation around AI by demystifying, situating, and shifting the narrative about what types of use cases AI can have for everyday people. It is funded by Open Society Foundations. AI Now Institute Co-Founder, Kate Crawford, shared the top line trends as a thread on Twitter.

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Social Beginner Seattle Hunger 98

Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Prior to 2011, the majority of my career was spent at small and mid-size organizations, where a large part of the funding came from foundations, corporations, and government grants. Researching grants, writing proposals, and reporting on expenditures are very different from the work of major gift officers.

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Develop Pennsylvania Mentoring Newsletter 120

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! I have a few proposals up for voting but there are SO many great ones that I am enjoying reading through them all (hope all the 5 star votes don’t through things off!). There are 25 proposals on each page. Vote today!

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Proposal Louisiana Map NTEN 134

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

My latest post on HuffPo is now up: Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet , about my proposal to the WEF's Global Redesign Initiative. What would you propose to global leaders to make humanity better off? That's not an endorsement of my proposal by the WEF, but I am certainly looking forward to going next week!

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Proposal Government University Switzerland 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

Open Source bid for Third Sector Innovation Exchange. The Government's ??1.2 million invitation to tender for a third sector innovation exchange has prompted an innovative response - an "open source bid" under which people are invited to share ideas with one team that is preparing a proposal.

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Open Open Source Proposal License 50

Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

The need for open data from NGOs is reiterated, while the way philanthropy has promoted the global Open Government Partnership is explained. Philanthrocapitalists Propose a Social Progress Index. Open Data for Social Change. We Need Open Data To Change The World. Philanthropy and Open Government Data.

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Map Trend Data Open Source 57

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports. Take free or paid classes, courses, or webinars to learn how to fundraise. Is the donor renewal rate low?

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Fundraising Mail Law Donation 350

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. From there, you can grow.

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Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

While attendees cannot chat during a presentation, this new format opens up new networking possibilities, creating more, and possibly deeper engagements with one another. . This setup allowed the event to be hosted with a large audience while upholding physical distancing restrictions and government laws. .

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Ideas Metrics Virtual Hosting 98

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

Decision 1: Must we have data governance policies before we migrate? Data governance represents ‘rules of the road’ for your donor database. Good data governance addresses data quality issues ranging from how you control your data input processes to questions such as ‘How long will you store old records?

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Data Donor Database Map 178

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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Accessibility Global Copyright Law 133

sgEngage

AUGUST 30, 2021

To be considered to benefit an indefinite class, the proposed relief program must be open-ended and include employees affected by the current disaster and those who may be affected by a future disaster. Grant Criteria. Regulatory and legal requirements for disaster and hardship relief funds are not limited to those outlined above.

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Disaster Fund Guide Classes 91

BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

With nearly 2 million board seats opening up in the United States ever year, it’s not easy for nonprofit leaders to successfully compete for, and win over, fantastic new board members. If a foundation asked you to submit a grant proposal for a large annual gift, most nonprofits would make that a top priority.

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Tips Proposal United States Grant 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Open the Echo Chamber blog points how difficult this in practice: But none of this matters if all of the institutional pressures run against hearing bad news. The blog goes on to make a proposal to Gates about how to change the culture: Please round up a bunch of venture capitalists. ” It isn’t about the tools.

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Measure Ethiopia Summary Nonprofit 102

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

Foundations are beginning to open themselves up as never before, and we want to be a leader in that movement.”. We need to move beyond our customary categorical thinking and invite everybody – business, government, communities, organizations, individuals – to work together to address the issues we face before it’s too late.”.

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Oregon Foundation Ideas Award 140

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 7, 2009

From new forms of political campaigning in the United States, experiments in e-government and civic participation in England, from the fight against internet censorship in Australia and New Zealand and from start-ups in Canada and France. And beyond. How can you follow along or join the conversation?

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Social Media Tools Australia Social 100

Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Does the office need to open at 8:00 a.m. Check this out: A few years ago when the overtime rules were first proposed, our friends at NonprofitAF published this article. territories and the motion picture industry. Your organization must make efficient use of staff time. And they will thank you for it). or would 9:00 a.m.

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Law Minnesota Nonprofit Industry 96

Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

For a peer-to-peer 5K or fun run, your costs might include police for crowd control, permits from local governance to close off roads, EMT services, event t-shirts, snacks, opening ceremony costs (band, DJ, etc.), When you apply for grants, you’ll usually need to submit a detailed proposal to the grant organizations you choose.

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Money Sponsor Grant Nonprofit 52

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

However, it was difficult to keep aligned with what the board needed to govern effectively and contribute to the longer-term sustainability desires of the organization. When I proposed the concept of “datamaking,” I was seeking to bring as many aspects of the organization together as possible.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 9, 2009

From new forms of political campaigning in the United States, experiments in e-government and civic participation in England, from the fight against internet censorship in Australia and New Zealand and from start-ups in Canada and France. And beyond. How can you follow along or join the conversation?

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Conversation Australia New Zealand France 100

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

It has been five years now since the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling that opened the door to 501(c)(4) nonprofits and massive anonymous "dark money" political contributions for political ads. If the foundation likes your idea, and you become a semifinalist, foundation staff members will help you refine and develop the proposal.

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Ideas San Francisco Proposal Application 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” In September, the OE program will be going in front of the Board.

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Effective Program Work Review 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

It almost goes without saying: the Networked Nonprofit needs an open network. For nonprofits, access to an open Internet is the fundamental and necessary condition that will allow them to compete in the marketplace of ideas. From the start, Google has been one of the most forceful advocates for an open Internet.

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Network New York City New York Internet 98

Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

"We hope that free Wi-Fi will be a resource that the city and other local groups will be able to use in their efforts to bridge the digital divide and make their community stronger," said Veronica Bell, a senior manager for public policy and government relations at Google, in a statement. Powering Communities with Tech.

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Library San Francisco Public Digital 55

Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

GCF seeks to target these areas to help fill the gaps in climate financing through Requests for Proposals (RfP) and pilot programmes which are focused on specific themes. Grant funds are made available across a variety of categories, based on donor intent and the guidance of our Governing Committee. Areas served: Worldwide.

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Conservancy Environment Grant Alaska 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

O , he says, stands for open. If you don’t have an open environment inside your company or country, these new tools will blow you wide open. With this in mind, I propose a different articulation of the acronym SOCIAL: S is for society. A is for alignment. It’s imperative we put society on equal footing with self-interest.

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Develop Technology Social Articulate 96