sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Nonprofits are often justified in their confusion about indirect costs because government agencies and foundations have different policies and rules around indirect costs, so there is more than one way to calculate a cost. Not sure if your organization’s stakeholders are ready to incorporate indirect costs into your planning?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. For example, a homeless shelter in my area was given a piece of property in a prestigious community. Post the policy on your website.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

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. Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Research, Hunger Free America. Emilio Tavarez.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

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. He holds a master’s in neuroscience and a master’s in public policy from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes scholar. Isabella Gonzalez Potter.

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Socialbrite

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Climate change, political gridlock, the pandemic, homelessness, war, wealth gaps, and racism are all around us, and they’re only getting worse as the days go by. Eric Anderson is the co-founder of SE2 , a Colorado-based integrated communications and marketing agency focused on behavior and policy change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2019

The New Life Center (NLC), led by Rob Swiers, provides support and shelter for those afflicted with addiction and homelessness. Nonprofit organizations must create a gift acceptance policy. This policy should include a disclaimer that all gifts will be considered unrestricted unless the donor designates a restriction.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2022

A number of policies and practices can be implemented within nonprofit organizations to address these challenges and affirm equity in their leadership including: Providing staff with bias and cultural competence trainings that meaningfully address DEI issues.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. Throughout the conference, I posted notes from sessions and other highlights from the hallways – and you can get all of the posts from the Nonprofit Times!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

My public policy colleagues at Independent Sector and National Council of Nonprofits have crafted summaries of this bill and I have included links to their summaries here: National Council of Nonprofits and Independent Sector. Runaway and Homeless Youth – $25 Million. Veterans Administration Homelessness Assistance Grants – $4 Billion.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. She has worked across multiple low and middle-income countries in both policy and research capacities. Molly Emmett.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Organizations identify funding, policy, and communication as the top ways they want funders to support their work. Respondents to the Center for Effective Philanthropy raised philanthropy’s role in advancing systems change and engaging in policy, especially advocacy and organizing.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Review and update the organization’s policies and practices to ensure that they are fair and inclusive for all members of the community. Participate in public policy debates and advocacy efforts that affect underserved communities, and represent the interests and concerns of those communities.

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Qgiv

JUNE 13, 2023

What do your policies and practices look like? Read through the tips below to learn how you can begin to increase your board’s diversity! Tips from The Board Pro: 1. Take a selfie! Take a good hard look at your board and how it functions. Is equity embedded in your bylaws, in your strategic plan, or fundraising? Individuals with disabilities?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Your transitional housing program for homeless families always needs activities for children. Trying to raise money, you increase your social networking, adding that responsibility to one of your employees, one who is paid with grant funds. It is caught during an internal audit. What part of social networking can be charged to program funds?

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

Given the complexity of the problem, many states and cities have found that the best solutions involve highly collaborative task forces that bring together nonprofit experts, policy makers, and public servants who are all dedicated to producing substantial change. homeless family; it is more proactive and cost-effective to focus on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

” She said she wanted to give money to an organization that helped homeless families. I introduced her to my colleague, Mark Horvath’s organization, Invisible People , and we donated. I asked her, “If you could give a donation to any charity to support whatever cause you feel is important, what would it be?”

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. Throughout the conference, I posted notes from sessions and other highlights from the hallways - and you can get all of the posts from the Nonprofit Times!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report captures a conundrum in measuring social change movements or networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children. Research and policy analysis. Community organizing. Civic engagement. Leadership development.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

in nonprofit management and policy analysis from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Regardless of the sector, remaining cognizant of a budget, while increasing productivity and probability generally is not a simple task. Lindsay Walker is a fundraising consultant. She earned a B.A.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

to the general public and to policy makers. My good buddy Mel Young of the Homeless World Cup was the evening keynoter: he's got an exciting story to tell. Even though the legal regime is somewhat different, I found many parallels with social enterprisers here in the United States and around the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

You want to be weary of hero worship in a movement, but that’s addressed by constantly changing out the spotlight – shining a light on people, partners, organizations and policy makers, actions local and global. Have people heard of 350.org org before? Have you heard the number 350 parts per million?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Funding for domestic violence, homelessness, aging, child welfare, and mental health services have all been cut substantially. Like the executive in my opening story, sometimes it’s just not making the connections that their biggest fundraiser of the year is the state budget and the state public policy process.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. Another interesting concept was a mobile tech shop for homeless shelters. The projects for this event don't necessarily have to be technology-related.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 25, 2019

According to Knepper, D’Agostino and Levine , in the Journal of Public Management & Social Policy, volunteer management can be complex, and the ability of managers to make the most of their volunteers is not guaranteed. There are essential practices that need to be put into place by managers of skilled volunteers.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2011

As part of her Monster Ball tour, she partnered with Virgin Mobile and Volunteermatch to give free premium concert tickets to volunteers who gave eight hours or more lending a hand to organizations serving homeless youth. Her call to action inspired over 30,000 hours of community service and a new wave of attention on homeless youth.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2016

Here’s an example, let’s say that your organization has a homeless shelter and the city that you live in has recently cut funding for local homeless shelters. If your organization is not involved in policy work, your ask should be for a donation. Have an Ask.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2019

The donor uses a matching gift database to search for their employer’s matching gift policy, determining whether they are eligible to have their donation matched. Community organizations (animal shelters, homeless shelters, child welfare, etc.). The matching gift process is quite simple: Step 1: Initial Submission.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

I've spent my whole adult career working for nonprofits that I believe do pretty darn good jobs of serving the needs of their communities, providing valuable services, advocating and educating on behalf of important policy decisions, and do all around good work for the world. TechSoup is high on that list from my vantage point.

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

For more, read a deep dive into each of the six episode focuses: nutrition insecurity, health equity, workforce development, homelessness, mental health, and climate action. Homelessness doesn’t always mean someone lacks a community, nor does having a home mean someone feels safe. It’s not just a matter of food.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

By providing services, nonprofits learn what works on the ground, and can use that knowledge to frame more effective policy positions and associated advocacy campaigns. He has argued that Mother Theresa was not primarily interested in eliminating poverty, which would have involved muscular advocacy for things like the empowerment of women.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

Ghaffari laid out a hypothetical situation: Imagine a homeless shelter funded through two contracts, one from HUD and the other from the City of San Francisco. Budgeting, fiscal policies, and internal control resources. For example, Ms. The combination of the two contracts do not provide sufficient funding to carry out this program.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Chrysalis is dedicated to creating pathways to self-sufficiency for homeless and low-income individuals by helping them find and retain employment (Social Enterprise Alliance, 2016).

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Here’s where a Gift Acceptance Policy can help (more on that in a moment). You might say to that donor “That’s a generous offer, but our policy says I need to take this sort of donation to my Board for approval.” Either way, your Investment Policy will outline how donated stocks and bonds are handled. Now you’re off the hook.

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