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Closing racial wealth gaps with community land trusts 

Candid

Beyond making us less competitive in the global economy, growing wealth inequality puts our democracy at risk; in a nation of “haves” and “have nots,” elite interests are completely removed from the needs of regular people. In 2023, with funding from the Wells Fargo Foundation and the Citi Foundation, Living Cities awarded grants totaling $3.2

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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

Tech Soup

I grew up on a farm in Minnesota. Start Your Grant Proposal with a Story. So, why would we not want to use this powerful communication tool when writing grant proposals? It never occurred to me that there was any other way to write a grant request. My mother was from the area, but my father was from Missouri.

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Fundraising & Grants/ @CASEAdvance. Fundraising & Grants. National LGBTQ Task Force / Washington, DC / 475. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2018 Creating Change Conference convenes in Washington, DC, January 24-28, 2018. Fundraising & Grants.

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How to use social media to inspire 40,000 people to give on one day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Go Minnesota! This incredible online fund raising event raised more than $14 million last year, and we’re hoping to raise the bar higher this year by engaging more than 40,000 donors to donate to any of Minnesota’s more than 26,000 nonprofits using GiveMN.org. We invited you to be part of the Great Minnesota Give Together.

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Nonprofit as Shibboleth

ASU Lodestar Center

In the extreme case, if you do it the “wrong” way you might not get that grant, or that job, or that meeting. As told in the 12th chapter of the “Book of Judges” in the Christian bible, the Ephramites tried to blend in with the locals as they were fleeing the country. National Council of Nonprofits (a national one).

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How To Put Social Fundraising On Steroids: Community Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In November, 2011, the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, The United Way of National Capital Area, and the social giving platform, Razoo, hosted a multi-million dollar local giving day. A significant outreach campaign to raise awareness of the nonprofit community and the local event.

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