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Court Rules That Cars Can Be For Kids

The NonProfit Times

Kars4Kids, a Lakewood, New Jersey charity, first deployed its earworm 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS jingle in commercials that began airing locally in the New York-New Jersey region in 1999. There’s big money in used car donations as evidenced by the $91.4 However, only one of them is happy with the result.

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

John Palfrey, president of the MacArthur Foundation, calls the philanthropic funding “seed money,” not charity. They can also invest in innovative projects and experiments that explore new revenue models, storytelling techniques, and technology solutions. The first grants are to be awarded later this year.

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How can nonprofits improve staff well-being to achieve desired results?

ASU Lodestar Center

With a focus on critical issues across a diverse sector, nonprofit employees often find themselves so focused on others, that their own mental health and well-being are often forgotten. Providing a supportive and caring environment requires no money and can be applied on a daily basis. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Would You Climb A Mountain for Charity?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.&# The goal is to fund non-embryonic stem cell research that will result in a treatment for Parkinson’s while inspiring people with the disease to move beyond their physical limitations. A group of 17 passionate mountain climbers is raising money for this project by climbing Mt. Kiilimanjaro (19,340 ft high!) in September.

Charity 101
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An Interview of Heather Cronk, PledgeBank: Advice On Raising Money on Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My background is in campus organizing, and in helping college students connect with others working to create social change across perspective, issue, approach, and geography. Fundraising with PledgeBank, however, creates a type of social contract -- the people pledging their money are doing so on the condition that a certain goal is met.

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Demographics Are Destiny: How and Why to Diversify Your Staff Now!

NTEN

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. And, in Maryland, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, New York, New Jersey, Mississippi, and Florida, the percentage of non-Hispanic whites has fallen below 60 percent. So What and Who Cares?

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Nhuong Son: Why This Wired Cambodian Fundraiser Cares About Cambodian Children

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But here's what has surprised me, Nhuong Son , a Cambodian American attending college in New Jersey. Since I was born and bred in Cambodia I understand how difficult it is to obtain an education when you have no money and more importantly when food and clothing are scarce in itself. thanks so much.