Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. Just over one year ago, on February 18, 2011, Planned Parenthood Federation of America launched the largest integrated campaign in its history. Stand with Planned Parenthood: Lessons from Crisis Response Campaigns. Social Philanthropy: Raising Money on YouTube and Twitter.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Discover how HOPE Atlanta , Metro Atlanta’s most established agency committed to fighting homelessness and hunger, capitalized on this integration to optimize their data collection , and explore how your organization can do the same to maximize fundraising potential. Hannah Durbin. Content Specialist at Classy.org. .

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BoardAssist

JULY 8, 2014

On the other hand, a homeless shelter cannot turn away the needy when the building becomes full. For the homeless shelter, the number of clients is too variable to form the basis of a budget. The homeless shelter budgets expenses by analyzing historical trends and relying on expert predictions of future trends.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 20, 2022

And what the nonprofit sector has done throughout history — and in particularly unprecedented and remarkable ways over the last two years — is demonstrate courage in the unrelenting care they have provided people and communities across the world. Acknowledging that very notion is the beginning of caring for one another. It still isn’t true.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

history and includes several provisions helpful to the social good sector. Runaway and Homeless Youth – $25 Million. Veterans Administration Homelessness Assistance Grants – $4 Billion. On Friday, March 27, the House of Representatives and the President signed into law H.R. Child Care Development Block Grant – $3.5

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

Proposal writing : Using AI tools, automatically draft major giving proposals based on programs a donor has given to, interests they have expressed, and giving history. Document your project’s impact : Communicate the value of the project to stakeholders to build support for future projects by learning how to prove your ROI.

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CauseVox

MAY 20, 2022

For instance, $500 can provide school supplies for 10 kids experiencing homelessness for 1 month. Refer to your organization’s gift history to inform your current donation tiers. Add suggested giving levels and tie each amount back to impact. Mobile-optimized.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I studied sociology, did a summer internship for the National Coalition for the Homeless , studied in Sweden for a semester (so that I could understand how their public policy worked), co-chaired Vassar''s Hunger Action chapter, and wrote a couple pieces about social-changey things for the student newspapers.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 5, 2017

They tend to prefer organizations with more history of success and a set of results to base decisions off of. So many first-timers think grants are the way to go as their main funding source. But, typically, most granting organizations won’t do startup work. But we were deliberate in building relationships in this circumstance.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2013

I was with two close friends who work in social service organizations focusing on homelessness and criminal justice respectively. When my museum brings together homeless and non-homeless volunteers to restore a historic cemetery, we do it to encourage people in our community to look at history and each other with respect.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 22, 2018

They tend to prefer organizations with a history of success and a set of results to base decisions off of. So many first-timers think grants are the way to go as their main funding source. But, typically, most granting organizations won’t do startup work. But we were deliberate in building relationships in this circumstance.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. Just over one year ago, on February 18, 2011, Planned Parenthood Federation of America launched the largest integrated campaign in its history. Stand with Planned Parenthood: Lessons from Crisis Response Campaigns. Social Philanthropy: Raising Money on YouTube and Twitter.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2011

Yesterday, I had lunch with Monica Martinez, the ED of Homeless Services for Santa Cruz county. I was amazed not only by her energy and intelligence but by her simple, transformative goal: to end homelessness. Monica is trying to reposition her organization as a social justice organization working on solutions to end homelessness.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2014

MuseumCamp is an annual professional development event at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in which teams of diverse, creative people work on quick and dirty projects on a big theme. The San Lorenzo Levee group used movement of homeless people as an indicator of social disruption. How do you measure that?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2017

This is the second installation in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz. Businesspeople asked how we would keep out homeless people, drug addicts, and deviant behavior. What amenities does it need?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

” For nonprofits, this shows the value of thoroughly researching your donors’ demographics, history, and motivations before crafting appeals. A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. ” Rather than gimmicks, spotlight your mission.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 17, 2013

I’m a huge history fan. Probably because I love a good story and history is just that – HIS Story or HER Story – one great long story of independence, sacrifice and success. Let’s tell stories about what it feels like to be a survivor or to have lost a loved one or to have once been homeless and now have a home.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 2, 2010

They've kindly given us permission to host this stream of a conversation between Dr. Pedro "Joe" Greer and his wife, Janus, about how Dr. Greer started working with Miami’s homeless. With more than 500,000 stories like these hosted on the StoryCorps website , the organization is essentially continuing the tradition of oral history in the U.S.,

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Let’s say your organization has 3 primary service programs: animals, homeless and youth. Increase Average Online Gift Amount – Use Targeted Content to include different ask amounts ($25, $100, $1000, etc) and even links to different Donation Forms with higher giving levels, each based on the constituents giving history.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

For example, an animal advocacy organization with the goal of homing more pets than they did the previous year might have a mission statement like, “We work to reduce the number of homeless pets in the community by offering free rescue services and housing animals with volunteer foster homes.”

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

We have witnessed and experienced incredible moments of transformation: homeless people and history buffs working together on historic restoration, graffiti artists and knitters collaborating on new artistic projects, visitors from different backgrounds making collages, or sculptures, or dance performances together.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Rather than operating in a bubble of “art people” or “history people,” we strive to connect ALL people in our county. Homeless adults and history buffs improving a historic cemetery. Homeless adults and history buffs improving a historic cemetery. In our community, we build bridges through art and history.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

I''ve now been the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for three years. We''ve gotten pretty good at doing this at museum programs, but it gets more complicated when we are working with a bonded group like a homeless center or a school tour. institutional change Museum of Art and History'

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2012

You want your volunteers to be able to share their stories of volunteering at a homeless shelter, building homes for their neighbors, and running marathons for great causes within your community. They want to see their profile pictures, learn more about their bio, job history, volunteer history, and see if went to the same Alma Mater.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 29, 2013

My first day on the job was to familiarize myself with the organization by learning about their history and development. For the next few days I became familiar with runaway and homeless youth issues. After a successful summer, I was asked to stay and help open an emergency youth shelter as the Emergency Youth Shelter Coordinator.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2016

Is cancer more important than homelessness, child abuse a higher priority than infant mortality? History – Businesses grow up in communities, rarely on their own. Let’s face it, deciding how your business should give can be hard. Which nonprofit is the best one to support? How do you pick one over the other?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Maybe you’re a homeless shelter, and you want to partner with a shelter on the other side of town to better track and understand the community experiencing homelessness in your city. Have people heard of 350.org org before? Have you heard the number 350 parts per million?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

At the Cara Program, a Chicago-based nonprofit that helps adults affected by homelessness and poverty get and keep quality jobs, all stakeholders engage in a daily morning ritual that evolved organically over the organization’s 25-year history. Your cross-departmental team should identify an experience you want to better understand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Hurricane Sandy caused over 100 deaths in 10 states and left more people in the dark than any other storm in United States history. The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000. Through our nation’s history, this light has served as a beacon to millions looking for a better life.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

Here are a few ways to learn more about our shared history, Dr. King’s legacy and ways to give back while carrying his legacy forward. If it’s been a while since American history class, listen to the whole speech today. The good news is that nonprofits like Larkin Street Youth Services are working to help address homelessness.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

If you live in an area with some morbid history or well-known ghost stories, you can add a few stops on your scavenger hunt related to those creepy tidbits for your more daring donors. John Center for Homeless Men’s virtual house parties event. With this method, you can also incorporate text fundraising more easily into your event.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. The big-gift story is surprisingly easy to sell, especially if you can say it’s “the biggest gift in our organization’s history.”

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Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

Today is my one-year anniversary as the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. I’m proud of our partnerships with the Homeless Service Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, UCSC, the Chamber of Commerce, and other organizations that are at the heart of the Santa Cruz identity.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2023

Here are a few ways to learn more about our shared history, Dr. King’s legacy, and ways to give back while carrying his legacy forward. If it’s been a while since American history class, listen to the whole speech today. The good news is that nonprofits like Larkin Street Youth Services are working to help address homelessness.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Just from my understanding of history and my understanding of politics, the best way of actually being able to improve the living conditions of low income, oppressed people is for those people to come together and take their destinies into their own hands. Britt Bravo: Have you always done this kind of work? I was hooked from that moment on.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2009

Sunday, I decided not to add them to the total – I did not count churches, but did count faith-based organizations, like the Mobile Loaves and Fishes truck feeding the homeless near a downtown park. I counted 8 different museums represented in a 45 minute viewing of one show on The History Channel.

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