Candid

APRIL 11, 2023

In return, the nonprofit will provide advertising and publicity opportunities to help the company reach and engage their event’s audience. It also promises to benefit your nonprofit’s fundraising event by: Opening up and attracting new audiences to attend your gathering. Bolstering their public image by visibly supporting your cause.

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Sponsor Fundraising Companies Demonstration 94

Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2023

Read on for our breakdown of the most important findings from the Giving USA 2023 Annual Report and our proposed solutions to the decline in household giving. Giving to public-society benefit organizations saw an 8.4% Corporate giving comes in a variety of forms, so be open-minded about how you approach corporate giving.

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Giving Report Grant Gift 97

Candid

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Can a foundation live up to its role of serving the public good with an invite-only process? And can small foundations effectively and efficiently review an open call for proposals? This framework looks at the local context in the regions in which the organization works.

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Paypal Foundation Lesson Grant 59

Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

" Local humor aside, the project is exciting: 31 public parks in San Francisco will get free Wi-Fi for at least two years. At TechSoup, we support the efforts of nonprofits and public libraries working to build digitally inclusive and literate communities through donated technology from our corporate partners.

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Library San Francisco Public Digital 55

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Start Your Grant Proposal with a Story. So, why would we not want to use this powerful communication tool when writing grant proposals? When I began writing proposals, storytelling was the only way I knew to convey the problems my organization faced and what we were doing to overcome those problems. Some Winning Stories.

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Storytelling Grant Missouri West Virginia 62

Qgiv

APRIL 2, 2024

Nonprofit grant proposals can be a daunting task for fundraisers, but it’s a key way to help gain more sustainable funding for your organization. From finding the right grants to writing and applying for them, grant proposals require a lot of research and attention to detail! What is a grant proposal?

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Proposal Grant Template Guide 52

Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

501(c)(3) is a designation given to organizations that are exempt from federal taxes and include public charities, private foundations, and private operating foundations. A for-profit organization makes revenue that benefits private interests while a nonprofit organization generates revenue for the public good.

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Money Sponsor Grant Nonprofit 52

Qgiv

APRIL 10, 2021

For example, a small animal shelter might want a local business to sponsor their car wash fundraiser, whereas a regional advocacy group might enlist a Fortune 500 company to sponsor a big-ticket gala event. However, there are many other organizations in your community that have pressing fundraising needs, including local sports teams.

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Sample Sponsor Template Nonprofit 98

Forum One

MAY 3, 2021

Forum One works with local, state and federal government agencies. Government websites are often run out of either the Office of Communications (or Public Affairs) or the Office of the Chief Information Officer. A big part of developing your Request for Proposal (RFP) is knowing which contract vehicle you should use.

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Government Websites Proposal Digital 69

Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

GCF seeks to target these areas to help fill the gaps in climate financing through Requests for Proposals (RfP) and pilot programmes which are focused on specific themes. PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. Areas served: Worldwide.

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Conservancy Environment Grant Alaska 57

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Ricard Espelt to learn more about the various projects he’s working on in Spain leveraging new technologies for public engagement, government transparency and community building. How did your work getting the local council online get started? We proposed a new path to take decisions.

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Interview Government Proposal Spain 155

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public. Example: “Datamaking” as engagement I recently worked with an arts and culture intermediary nonprofit that focused on capacity development, network building, and connecting local nonprofits to state agencies and grants. When we ask a question, we can open new ways of understanding.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 72

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. The Ford Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or inquiries; however, they do have a year-round open funding opportunity in the arts, specifically for documentary filmmakers. Ford Foundation.

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Arts Culture Grant Fund 109

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

It has been five years now since the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling that opened the door to 501(c)(4) nonprofits and massive anonymous "dark money" political contributions for political ads. Facilitate these activities at either the local, state, or national level. And it's very easy to do an application.

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Ideas San Francisco Proposal Application 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Illustration by Jonny Goldstein of my SXSW panel proposal. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and voting process. The panel picker process has opened – so you can vote for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program until August 27th. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Comment Artist Social Media Hype 97

Care2

MAY 23, 2011

For the last three years we’ve worked at the MIT Public Service Center – in collaboration with the MIT Alumni Association, MIT150 , and numerous stakeholders - to translate a campus-based innovation competition into an online platform that engages the worldwide MIT community. Build momentum and enthusiasm.

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Lesson Service Challenge Online 73

Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. The Ford Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or inquiries; however, they do have a year-round open funding opportunity in the arts, specifically for documentary filmmakers. Ford Foundation.

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Arts Grant Culture Fund 73

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, if a nonprofit organization operates health clinics inside public schools, the Advisory Board might be made up of pediatricians, family physicians, and nurses, who could advise the Governing Board on how the model could best operate to meet families’ needs. Write a description of the proposed Advisory Board’s purpose.

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Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

None of the bridges on or off Long Island were open. Crowdsourcing also provided information on gas stations that were still open (and where lines were actually moving). Architect Stephen Cassell, for example, proposed protecting New York’s financial district with a ring of tidal salt marshes and wetlands around lower Manhattan.

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Network Build Sierra Leone Hurricane 111

Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. That a local organization is more deserving than a national one? The general public can view and comment on the proposed programs, maybe even make suggestions of partners. Community insight and transparency is wonderful.

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Contest Charity Childhood Nonprofit 150

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

I blogged about it on November 16 as part of a trend of focusing online competitions on regional and local givings. To reinforce the local focus of this program, 501( c)(3) non profits with an operating budget of $10 million or less will be eligible. Many other nonprofit and do good bloggers helped promote the contest.

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Learning Contest Lesson Philanthropy 100

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

" This means that you can have two apps open, side-by-side. For example, if you're writing a grant proposal, but need to refer to the grant's Website, you can "snap" Internet Explorer 11 side-by-side with Word. You don't need to have the Reading List app open to save articles to it, either.

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License Files Search Grant 58

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

And where is the local community in all of this? The proposed solutions – a ban on the use of “conflict minerals” in mobile phones – sounds good on paper. For a nonprofit to be transparent means that it is open, accountable, and honest with its stakeholders and the public. ” Is that that the story?)

Network 119

Network Children Offline Storytelling 119

Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. That a local organization is more deserving than a national one? The general public can view and comment on the proposed programs, maybe even make suggestions of partners. Community insight and transparency is wonderful.

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Contest Charity Childhood Nonprofit 100

The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing? That tool, Fundwriter.ai , has been in the works for a while and just started opening up to the general public. Fundwriter.ai

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Los Angeles Cancer Proposal Model 130

Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2014

There, she builds technology that connects local communities to resources that help them solve problems and impact issues. Before we wrote our proposal , we read, watched videos, and listened to podcasts. Listening to opening comments and the other pitches, I realized we had missed an important point.

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Challenge New York City Kentucky Mobile 57

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. For example, a few months ago we had a couple approach us to propose a Pop-Up Tea Ceremony. Suggest them to press for a feature in the local paper. Can't wait to hear what you think.

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Collaboration Community Tools Museum 55

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well.

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Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. Gregg Swanson from HumaniNet picks out a few projects that are based on collaboration/partnership and a track of record of doing projects like the one proposed. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

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NTC Nptech Netsquared Summary 50

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Proposed solution: CC developed Red House 2009, which had three event components: Traditional cocktail party for its major donors, Nonevent called Stay@Home, and. Some that volunteered asked a local restaurant to host and give them a portion of the cover charge or bar sales that night to donate back to CC. Adrienne holds a B.S.

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Campaign New York City Community Build 65

CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Here’s why: Extra attention and spotlight thanks to high publicity around #GivingTuesday Plug-and-play tools and assets from GivingTuesday.org to help market your campaign More participants ultimately means more support for the nonprofit community overall. Public Relations And Outreach. Excert from Fiver’s Toolkit.

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Guide Giving Campaign Social Media 73

Greater Giving

APRIL 22, 2021

Because this group oftentimes brings in the largest amount of funding, creating good fundraising strategies around these activities is an effective way to open up the pipeline to more contributions. percent of the total revenue for public charities in the form of tuition, membership fees, paid services and sales, etc. Federated Funds.

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Donation Grant Foundation Model 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

She proposes several different times, leave your preferences in the comments. The proposed call agenda is here. GetInvolved Blog shares a summary from the Sunlight Foundation and Berkman Center all day session called "Local Political Information in an Internet Era." A Few Web2.0

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Summary Nptech Tag Conversation 50

NetWits

AUGUST 2, 2012

Then translate that information into proposals that will generate meetings and open doors to negotiations. When you put together the standard corporate sponsorship proposal, you begin by listing your website, newsletter – just like our example. Now let’s go back to that traditional proposal. Step 1 – Evaluate Your Assets.

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Social Media San Diego Donor Media 209

Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

I know this because I recently did a review of four major gift proposals for clients, and of the four, only one (yes, only one) had any emotion in it. For decades, we’ve been saying that you must use your board to open up doors. Vendors, public partners, and local media are often overlooked as door openers.

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Donation Build Gift Nonprofit 91

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

Should you only send a follow-up email if a constituent opened the original appeal? You should send a follow up appeal to people that either didn’t open the message or did open, but didn’t give. Consider personalizing a brief 1-2 page proposal with a cover letter, sending that, and following up with a call. — Brock .

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FAQ Giving Fundraising Campaign 49

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Well, did you know that community actually came from the Latin word public spirit? So I can see your point and are you open to hearing my perspective? The next best way to actually create that touchpoint of engagement is by listening and opening your mind. . And how do you do that? So what does it look like? I love that.

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People Community Video Podcast 81