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Here’s What A Multimillion Dollar Gift Can Do For Your Organization

Bloomerang

Instead of serving five hundred students or feeding 15,000 people you could triple or even quadruple the numbers. Bring large, organization-wide projects and initiatives to life. For instance, look what a mega gift can do for a smaller nonprofit with a vision of launching a housing program for homeless families.

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Key facts, figures, and trends among U.S. labor unions

Candid

In that campaign, the CTU pursued demands beyond their own wages and benefits to aid their students, including: smaller class sizes, a nurse and counselor in every school, and resources for homeless students. 1] Source: Based on 501(c)(5) organizations appearing on the April 2021 Business Master File.

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Using Inkind Donations To Help You Grow Your Nonprofit

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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.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection.

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10 Questions You Can Ask Major Donors to Build the Relationship

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Some donors are drawn to just one cause area, such as homelessness or food insecurity. But most donors are drawn to several cause areas, so they may donate to a homeless shelter, a chess program for middle school students, a dog rescue, and an organization that supports women with breast cancer. Awesome, right?).

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

Qgiv

They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. This can be a great way for them to get to know your staff and interact with donors during your next event or project. Students make great volunteers! Collaborate with local businesses.

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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship. ” Its newest innovation is to provide cloud-based document storage for the homeless.