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How to Help After the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Qgiv

With thousands dead and more now homeless as a result of these earthquakes, it’s imperative that relief organizations mobilize quickly to help stabilize the situation in Turkey and Syria. The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey has an emergency fund established to help the people of Turkey and Syria as well.

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Women’s History Month: 11 Nonprofits That Are Advocating For Female Empowerment

Kindful

Mission: Helping Women Period is committed to supplying menstrual health products to people that menstruate who are either homeless or low-income. Kindful Girls On The Run customers include the Michiana, New Jersey East, Northeast Ohio, Bexar County, Central Ohio, Lancaster, and NOVA chapters. Helping Women Period.

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Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources. It will feature such big names as Grammy award-winning singer John Legend, and New Jersey Gov. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. By Ben Duda.

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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

Get Fully Funded

Perhaps it’s a program grant to cover costs of running your homelessness program. Some focus only on program and project support, while others may offer general operating support (these are not as common, though). Get clear on the type of funding you are seeking. Morgan’s Private Banking Foundation Finder is focused nationwide.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We turned on CNN and watched together as scenes from New Jersey and New York flashed across the screen. The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000. Two weeks after Sandy hit, 300,000 people in New York and New Jersey were still without power. It’s not a nightmare,” I said, “It’s for real.”.

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Storymakers Past Winners: In Their Own Words

Tech Soup

It was filmed on location outside our free medical clinic for the homeless in the heart of Melbourne. Our audience choice award for 2012 went to Alliance Center for Independence (ACI) in Edison, New Jersey. ” She also told us that their Youth Projects’ video was aired nationally on the Foxtel network in Australia.