ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. For core principles of these task forces and recommendations on what makes them work well, see this study by the Council of Nonprofits , available at govtcontracting.org.).

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Government Research New York Homeless 85

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. According to an Independent Sector study , volunteers are worth over $28 an hour on average. Students make great volunteers! But volunteers don’t just appear out of thin air. Tap into schools.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 20, 2015

The Irvine Foundation recently published a great study on this phenomenon. This seems to be the primary driver behind partnerships with organizations that serve specific target groups, whether those be homeless adults or preschoolers or ESL students. In churches. On sidewalks. Why go out to these other spaces?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. Study your local publications and news programs for four weeks. See what types of stories they cover.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2007

This year, conference attendees hooked up with local volunteers to help out 34 local nonprofits, including the Center for Community Change , the Genocide Intervention Network , National Student Partnerships , and Wilderness Technology Alliance. I'm feeling a case study coming on. Peter did a strategy consult with a local organization.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. We will alert you when this study is available. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Currently (on my lowly grad student budget), I only give money to one nonprofit org.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Providing internships to high school students, especially those from more diverse areas, would create a positive experience for participants and attract more interest in the nonprofit field for college. Apryl received her undergraduate degree from The College at Brockport SUNY in communication studies and is based in Rochester, New York.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, for example, if I provide an after-school program, I just use that a lot because I ran an after-school program for over a decade, but if I’m delivering academic programs, then I’m going to be looking at the number of students served. But just saying, “We helped 20 people who are homeless,” does not provide context.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2010

It is a good piece and we are proud that they use data from our recent study on year-end giving to help bring attention to the article. Both the article and the study are worth reading, but this is about my being stupid – or at least feeling stupid thanks to my 10-year old son.

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Homeless Austin Lesson Texas 43

Achieve

JANUARY 20, 2016

returned from her first study-abroad experience in college, she realized she’d caught the travel bug, and it wasn’t going away. She realized that the life she had was much more privileged than most, even though she would be considered by many in the United States as a broke student just getting started in her career.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen. Seattle Free School , suggested by Amy Sample Ward, uses social media to organize classes and teach students. The maps are made by community members.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

You hear them speak, or you read their book, or you listen to your podcast, and then you generally write to that person, or you go up to them, rush them at the end of a speech and say, "I'm a student, I want to get involved." A team of us said, "We would study what works in citizen engagement." She engages students at a concert level.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society works to improve the lives of homeless and in-need animals across the Ontario region. Nonprofit Website Overview.

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