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Marguerite Casey Foundation Launches ‘Public Dollars for Public Good’ Program

NonProfit PRO

Marguerite Casey Foundation launched its “Public Dollars for Public Goods” initiative. The Foundation is investing more than $5M to support organizations that leverage community organizing to shift power by helping underserved communities access federal and local funding and control how those funds are spent.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation.

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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

Public libraries are some of our favorites. They’re one of the only public spaces open to everyone and where pretty much everything is free. Not a librarian by training, she started her career in public relations before moving into nonprofits. That tradition of local support and philanthropy sustains Curtis to this day.

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Quick Guide to Corporate Giving Programs for Nonprofits

Qgiv

Corporate giving programs, which are akin to corporate social responsibility programs , often reflect a business’s moral compass. Learn how corporate giving programs can help your organization in this quick guide! Corporate giving programs help keep employees more engaged and loyal to the businesses providing them.

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Who Are the Quiet Leaders in Sustainer Giving?

NonProfit PRO

What’s the first nonprofit you think of with a huge sustainer program? Did you guess your local public broadcasting station? But yet, most public TV and radio stations are leading the pact when it comes to sustainer giving. Probably not. They started asking for monthly gifts many years ago.

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How can nonprofits build public trust through accountability to beneficiaries?

ASU Lodestar Center

The Trust Barometer 2021 Global Report reports that businesses are now the only institution trusted by the public, not nonprofits. Reading Tory Martin’s ideas for rebuilding public trust through participation and transparency led me to explore how nonprofits can rebuild public trust through accountability to beneficiaries.

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