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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Emilio Tavarez.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. “In States including Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Maine, and many others have developed task forces on government contracting.

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Ali Forney Center Saves Time and Effort with Norton Security

Tech Soup

Forney continually helped other youth that were facing similar difficult circumstances, and he became a public advocate for improving safety for homeless youth until his life was tragically cut short. Operating 12 branches throughout the boroughs of New York City, the Ali Forney Center was founded in 2002 in his memory.

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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

For some reason, and I’m not sure how this ever got started, some nonprofits think grants are a magical solution that will solve all their problems. Perhaps it’s a program grant to cover costs of running your homelessness program. A Grant is What We Need (or is it?) Like it’s free money just waiting to be plucked from a tree.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. I live now in New York, but before moving there in the autumn, I was based in London for a few years. BlueGreen Alliance.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Buffalo, New York: What Are Realistic IT Goals for Our Nonprofits? Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively.