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How can nonprofits bridge the gap between race and leadership?

ASU Lodestar Center

Even though higher rates of BIPOC staff report aspirations of being in leadership positions while also having similar qualifications as their white peers, there is still a racial gap in board and staff leadership. Increasing mentoring initiatives for BIPOC staff. Utilizing strategies to ensure the efficacy of the training (e.g.,

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Inner-city schools also often have high rates of teacher turnover, which can be disruptive for students and can make it difficult to maintain a high-quality learning environment.

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Compassion Services International on Growing Your Nonprofit Email List, Donation Thank You’s, and Powerful Storytelling

CauseVox

As a graduate of Indiana Bible College, she spent two decades working at a ministry and mentoring missionary kids before transitioning to her current role. Tracking How Your Email Open And Click Rate Grow. Not only do donation tiers expedite the transaction process but they drive donor conversion rates. Donation Tipping.

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How to Write Fundraising Emails That Get Results

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Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . It was a bleak situation and they were days away from being homeless. We have never been so scared of sliding into homelessness,” Jasmine said. “We

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How to Start a Volunteer Program: 12 Steps for Success

Bloomerang

Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Volunteer performance: Supervisors can rate your volunteers’ performances.

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Donning the Sweatshirt of Service: Reflections from a Second-Year Ally

ASU Lodestar Center

Remind me again how this is linked back to reducing poverty in this country, or creating sustainable local food systems, or increasing graduation rates, or fighting institutional oppression? From marketing to teaching to volunteer coordination and mentoring, she uses her experiences and skills to work with marginalized and youth populations.

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How Can Nonprofit Leaders Create Effective Community Change?

ASU Lodestar Center

For example, the poverty rate in the United States increased from 12.4 percent in 2015; and was even higher in Arizona where the 2015 poverty rate was 18.2 While poverty was rising, so were national high school graduation rates. graduation rate was 79 percent and the rate in 2015 was 83.2 percent in 2000 to 15.5