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Five green flags for funders in your grant proposal

Candid

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders?

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Bright Idea: Engage Donors With a Holiday Fundraiser

Qgiv

The LeaderShop is a youth development focused organization whose mission is to empower youth to become community-minded individuals through diverse programs that foster confidence, knowledge, and leadership. Supporters could purchase wooden snowflake ornaments in one of their signature colors- green, teal, orange, silver, purple, or yellow.

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5 Essential Free Online Courses for Nonprofit Professionals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Alec Green , Chief Marketing Evangelist at NonprofitReady.org , an online hub of 400+ free online courses in topics ranging from fundraising to grant writing, leadership to program management. Complete all three courses, pass a short knowledge check, and you will earn a certificate and badge to add to your resume and LinkedIn profile.

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Reframe, commit, and expand: How to meaningfully invest in Black leaders

Candid

Since 1987, Echoing Green has identified visionary leaders with bold ideas for transforming the world and invested in their ideas and leadership. Black voices, Black spaces. Informed by over 15 interviews with BMA Fellows and field leaders, the report offers three calls to action for the field to be more just and equitable. .

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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Do Good Graduation Gift Giveaway: Work on Purpose from Echoing Green

Have Fun - Do Good

I'd gained all kinds of knowledge and ideals, but had no idea how to use them in the real world. I wish I'd had a book like Work on Purpose by Echoing Green's Senior Vice President, Lara Galinsky , with Kelly Nuxoll. When I graduated from college, I was a mess. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but didn't how.

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Following Through on Climate Commitments After COP26

Saleforce Nonprofit

We’ve compiled a list of some of the most compelling and promising ideas from across the education, nonprofit, business, and philanthropy sectors. Now, we wait to see what will happen as emerging ideas turn into action. We are seeing a changing tide of those who care and are, as a result, getting involved. The Malala Fund.