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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

Qgiv

It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. CA: One of the best things that happened to me while volunteering for the local art museum is they funded my travel to Los Angeles and my tuition to take the week-long grant writing training bootcamp hosted by The Grantsmanship Center.

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10 Engaging Content Ideas for your next non-profit Newsletter

The Storytelling Non-profit

You can share the process on how your organization helped or was involved in the benefit of a person or a place. But I like to highlight the story of Luis Somali’s and how the Australian Red Cross was able to help her build a temporary place to live with the money that was raised from the donor’s contribution.

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Interview with NTEN's Community Program Coordinator

NTEN

This month''s theme is building community, on and offline - a perfect time to interview Bethany about her inspiration for working in nonprofit technology and more! I got involved with Oregon’s 501 Tech Club/Net2 Local Group PDXTech4Good shortly after I moved to Portland. Community interview nptech nten staff'

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Crafting a Member Newsletter Worth Reading: Tips and Content Ideas

Neon CRM

A member newsletter or club newsletter is a great tool to share important information with members in a place they likely visit every day, multiple times a day: their email inbox. For example: Which local business did you work with to screen print the latest member t-shirts? Think about what would be interesting to see.

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Finding the Best Consultant for Your Nonprofit: The Search and Selection

Bloomerang

Formal professional groups – These exist for many specialties such as the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Grant Professionals Association, which have local chapters and a national office. . With a little luck, casting the net wide will get you a bigger pool of candidates than you can reasonably interview.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Running Your First Capital Campaign

Get Fully Funded

It’s time to ask yourself some tough questions: Does your nonprofit have the structure in place to manage your growth and the additional work that will come with your realized dream of a new building? It’s really important to withhold public announcements until you are ready with a base of donations in place. Current key major donors.

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Autism After 21 Utah Project: Lessons from a first-time fundraiser

Candid

Our mission is to develop neuro-inclusive communities for adults with autism and other intellectual or developmental disabilities to ensure that everybody has a place and a sense of belonging in the world. It doesn’t hurt that SLCPL is a very pleasant place to spend an afternoon diving through databases.) .

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