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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Jen Nation Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. In high-performing, flexible organizations, this openness to productive change–inclusion–becomes the status quo,” write Scott Nielsen and Helena Huang in the National Civic Review. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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How To Write A Nonprofit Mission Statement in 7 Steps (Plus 10 Great Examples)

Neon CRM

Has your mission pivoted due to a global or local event? You might still see yourself as a local animal shelter, but if 80% of your programmatic impact reports focus on one cohort of service (in this case, dogs from Tijuana), some of your donors may not feel the same connection to your mission. Are you working with new demographics?

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: 5 Extraordinary Organizations

Tech Soup

The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is an organization dedicated to "creating a social, political and economic environment in which violence against women no longer exists. On October 1, Brighter Tomorrows held a Candlelight Vigil at a local police department. Creating a World Without Violence Against Women.

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How Healthy Do You Want Your Nonprofit Board To Be?

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Anne Wallestead is the President and CEO of national nonprofit BoardSource, one of the leading resources on governance available to the nonprofit community. A seasoned nonprofit professional, Anne has held leadership positions with a number of local and national organizations. And what are we willing to do about it?

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Funding Rural America: Bridging the Resource Gap

Tech Soup

The National Endowment for the Arts has the Our Town program, which supports arts projects that make communities more livable. She uses information from the University of Iowa College of Public Health's Rural Policy Research Institute. Almost every federal agency has a rural grant program.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local. 2016 Alliance National Conference.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

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The Iowa Women’s Foundation. Activities can be local, regional, or, in some instances, statewide. By funding these nonprofits in their nascent stages, they help them to test their programs and initiatives, and scale them for maximum impact in their local communities. The Hadassah Foundation. Mary’s Pence.