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

Kindful

If, however, through your research, you can establish a clear connection between your programs and their funding history and priorities, it’s still worth reaching out to that funder and introducing your organization. PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation.

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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

Tale #4: Most recently we had one alumnus promise us his art collection and then went to post an article online about how he strung us along – he actually posted our email exchanges online through a local newspaper where he was a freelancer…. The husband portrayed themselves as major philanthropists from St.

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Four Easy Ways to Land Corporate Donations

Connection Cafe

Research the Company’s History. Research a company’s background, key achievements, future plans, goals and recent history. Looking at a company’s donation history can help you understand whether your organization is a good match in terms of monetary donations and employee participation levels. Habitat for Humanity St.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

It was started in 2003 and is run by Mark Allen and a collective of artists, many of whom have also been applying their talents by performing "interventions" at formal art institutions including LACMA, the Hammer Museum, and the Contemporary Art Museum in St. In other words, they're not pretentious. Waffle Shop (Pittsburgh, PA).

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local. State/Local. State/Local.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

Museum 2.0

This summer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published the kind of "how sausage is made" story that rarely gets written about the arts. It''s about museum attendance and how the five big, free museums in St. Louis count it. Summertime concerts at the history museum? So perhaps the St. There''s quite a range.

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The Convergence of Social Activism, Donations, and Social Media: Episodic Giving In A Post Truth World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Trend watch summarizes key global trends that make this time in history seem uncertain, chaotic, and toxic beginning with online and the rising numbers that exist inside a filter bubble that serves them information, ideas and news (some of it fake!) A Jewish cemetery in St. Louis was desecrated .