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

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. What’s the problem? Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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Curtis Memorial Library: A Tradition of Local Support

DipJar

Curtis was Joyce’s local library when she moved to Maine, and she has been in her position for the past ten years. . The land and funding came from William Curtis, the son of a local ship captain, who turned down money from Carnegie to build his community’s library himself. He decided to create the Hopeful Project. The solution?

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Tech2Empower: The Llama Pack Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This team I worked with helped social entrepreneur Alejandra Arias Stella , the co-founder of the Llama Pack Project to build a reservation system for the Llama treks. There was tremendous value for Alejandra to have two full days of access to technical experts to help solve her technical problems.

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Workplace Giving Data Problems Just Got Worse

3rd Sector Labs

This has been a problem for a long time. It used to be a United Way problem. Who remembers the days of charities arguing with local United Ways over the donor data? But that hasn’t solved any problems. The problem is only getting worse. And it is only getting worse. What’s going on? The result?

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The State of Nonprofit Fundraising Today — 9 Top Fundraising Methods

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofits can now capitalize on both markets by livestreaming in-person events to attract a wider range of people from all across the globe, yet still selling tickets to a local audience that can attend the physical event. . Why not reach out to local organizations or wealthy individuals to see if they’re willing to help?

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Open Challenges Harness Local Knowledge for Local Change

Tech Soup

These open challenges help activists, nonprofits, journalists, techies, and community members identify, refine, build, and launch technology tools to solve pressing local and regional problems. Making Everybody Part of the Process of Problem-Solving. Defining and Refining the Problem to Optimize Solving It with Tech.

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A Free Agent for Hunger: Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Those that have opened themselves up to using these tools and connecting with passionate people in their networks find abundance. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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