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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events.

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Types of Grants That Every Nonprofit Should Know

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Start on your state or municipality’s website and look for a grant portal ( like this one in Virginia ) or alerts you can subscribe to ( like this one in D.C. ). Keep in mind that, while the organization will help raise your profile in your community, you may not get the actual donor information.

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How Chestnut Ridge Church Reinvents the Church Experience with Technology

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It's probably no accident that Chestnut Ridge Church has become the largest church in West Virginia. Chestnut Ridge Church is a big independent evangelical church in Morgantown, West Virginia. Members of the congregation get together for family-friendly potlucks to watch West Virginia University games on the big screens.