Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Take a look at each of your staff member’s compensation and overall staffing structure. So, let’s say you’ve evaluated your staffing structure and the ‘thing’ that has to give is simply paying your employees more to maintain the hours they work. It’s time to evaluate your people resources.

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Law Minnesota Nonprofit Industry 96

Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

It’s time to ask yourself some tough questions: Does your nonprofit have the structure in place to manage your growth and the additional work that will come with your realized dream of a new building? A well-designed feasibility study will help you learn: The community’s perception of the proposed project and your organization in general.

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Campaign Phase Guide Gift 75

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, an organization that sets up clinics in African and Latin American countries has a large Advisory Board made up of executives from local corporations, including several healthcare and insurance companies. Advisory Boards Need Structure. Write a description of the proposed Advisory Board’s purpose.

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Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

From recruiting, developing and sustaining Black teachers for schools, BTP works to develop recruitment strategies, create support structures and even conduct research to ensure long term sustainability for Black teachers. These are women who are implementing change and mobilizing at both the local and national level.

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History Support Organization Portland 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. Production Network: This type of network inspires and encourages collective action by members to create innovative practices, public-policy proposals, and other tools or products that lead to social impact.

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Review Change Cleveland Generation 106

Forum One

MAY 3, 2021

Forum One works with local, state and federal government agencies. This should serve as a foundation for your new website content and structure. A big part of developing your Request for Proposal (RFP) is knowing which contract vehicle you should use. Think about why they would come to it and what they need from it.

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Government Websites Proposal Digital 71

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

There is a saying among fundraising professionals that proposal writing is both an art and a science. The science aspect refers to the comprehension of the technical structure upon which those words are arranged” (Blanchard & Bullock, 2010). Grant seekers must find ways for their proposals to stand out among the rest.

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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. The Ahmanson Foundation.

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Arts Culture Grant Fund 104

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California. The goal of the day was to develop a collaborative grant proposal for a project that would be pertinent and beneficial to each CMC.

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Game Community Impact Media 195

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

—– Whether it’s political or personal, global or local, funded or a grassroots effort, organizations and communities are campaigning for change in many ways, all of the time. When building a campaign and exploring your options for the structure, actions and engagement pieces, look first at your organizational metrics.

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Campaign Design Impact Metrics 114

Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

If you will have a home office, is that allowed by local zoning? Will you have to pay local business taxes? decide what your legal structure will be (sole practitioner, LLC, S Corp). develop templates for proposals and contracts (Nolo Press is a great resource for contracts). Your local government might as well.

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Consultant Advice Listserv Associations 100

Care2

MAY 18, 2011

Whether it's political or personal, global or local, funded or a grassroots effort, organizations and communities are campaigning for change in many ways, all of the time. When building a campaign and exploring your options for the structure, actions and engagement pieces, look first at your organizational metrics. Start with Metrics.

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Campaign Design Impact Metrics 73

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

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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Examples Language Iowa Nonprofit 95

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. The Ahmanson Foundation.

Arts 73

Arts Grant Culture Fund 73

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The first step—which we’ll cover in this article—is to identify your digital volunteers who might be interested in volunteering offline and quickly drive them into a local activity that will engage and excite them. In the recruitment email, we made three important points: This activity is happening locally in your community.

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Offline Campaign Channel Cancer 44

Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. State/Local.

Calendar 85

Calendar Conference Las Vegas DC 85

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. The Corps Network National Conference is an annual gathering of national, state, and local leaders in the fields of workforce development, community service, and conservation. State/Local.

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Calendar Conference Las Vegas San Diego 111

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. Ingrid: Bay Localize is a non-profit project that started back in December of 2005. And also by raising awareness about the concept of re-localizing to bring other people into the movement as well.

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Green Local Interview Oakland 40

NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

Next Thursday, June 14th, social media activists across the US go head-to-head in the Twive & Receive competition to generate the most donations for their favorite local nonprofits and the chance to win $30,000, sponsored by NTEN Members Razoo. Find how you can participate and help generate donations for your favorite organization here.

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Texas NTEN Austin Camera 54

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Create a request for proposal (RFP). Review their proposals. Develop a basic scoring system for each key stakeholder to use when reviewing and ranking each proposal. Speak candidly with any prospective consultant partners to develop a clear understanding of their fee structure. Review your candidates. Why They Stand Out.

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Consultant Nonprofit Strategy Philanthropy 52

Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

Unlike most collaborations, collective impact initiatives involve a centralized infrastructure, a dedicated staff, and a structured process that leads to a common agenda, shared measurement, continuous communication, and mutually reinforcing activities among all participants.”

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Education Grant Government Award 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2007

The locals told him about several excellent small local nonprofits that provided supplies and help. One guy told him how he had broken his leg and had been living in his car until volunteers from a local nonprofit came and found him and took him to the doctor. An article by Bill Meehan had proposed such an idea a year ago.)

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Interview Local Review Nonprofit 50

Greater Giving

APRIL 22, 2021

This creates a well-balanced funding structure that can withstand periods when contributions slow, whether it is due from an internal change, or an economic downturn. Federal, state, and local governments offer nonprofits funding through grant programs. Let’s take a look at a few of the most common funding resources. Government Grants.

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Donation Grant Foundation Model 119

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The proposal to Metlife was all video. Then we started working with our local design and technology firms— Ziba Design and Fashionbuddha —and in the prototyping, it became clear we had to go another way. We came up with a system that was much more structured and is based on audio, not video. We had planned on having it be video.

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Museum Story Project Design 43

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

Consider personalizing a brief 1-2 page proposal with a cover letter, sending that, and following up with a call. — Brock . Then, I’ll shorten and tweak the 2 page letter for an email, knowing that email readability and structure is quite different from direct mail.

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FAQ Giving Fundraising Campaign 49

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

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. State/Local. State/Local.

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Conference Calendar DC Washington 111

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

The proposal to Metlife was all video. Then we started working with our local design and technology firms— Ziba Design and Fashionbuddha —and in the prototyping, it became clear we had to go another way. We came up with a system that was much more structured and is based on audio, not video. We had planned on having it be video.

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Story Interview Museum Audio 53

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

We spell poorly, and we know less grammar and sentence structure now than when we played tetherball. Whether you’re writing a letter to a donor or a press release for the local newspaper or blog, you can add tremendous power and effectiveness to your writing by adding compelling stories and anecdotes. We suffer writer’s block.

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Tips Nonprofit Sample Skills 92

Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2009

I learned to cultivate creative greed while working on Operation Spy at the International Spy Museum, where I was lucky to be working on a project that was so new to us that we didn't have any pre-established models or structures for doing it. It could be offering a space in your museum for local meetups.

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Museum Conversation Columbus Local 20

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And we’re going to see what kind of shortfalls there are from a state and local perspective in the coming years because of COVID, but hoping that some of the other federal funds that we’re receiving through ARPA can try to help stop the bleeding a little bit. And as I said, these are not necessarily all federal.

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Grant Build Video Strategy 114

Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. Guide the environment management plan and release strategies for projects, validating that the correct development environments, change controls, and deployment plans are in place.

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Canada Data API Skills 40

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

And what she offers is structure and strategy to how to become a better fundraiser through doing some of your own self-reflection. . Well, it’s leading those board meetings with that same structure. If maybe you have that kind of board structure or you’re thinking about it, I think you’ll learn a few things there.

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People Community Video Podcast 76

Care2

MAY 29, 2009

“Moving to an online fundraising structure allows us to move quickly and react to campaign needs in a way that direct mail never could.” Not every fundraiser has a need to saturate everyone, but local non profits can derive value from this tool. And the age group of recipients was 21-75.

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Mail Social Media Advocacy Online 34

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2010

We talked to many others who have sponsored contests in Minnesota and around the country to develop our judging structure. We only allowed 1 vote per e-mail address. We had 15 community evaluators who reviewed all 400 proposals as they were coming in and scored them on three criteria: Innovation, Impact, and Sustainability.

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Minnesota Contest Ideas Open 103

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

The logic that we really proposed is that, well, what really matters, the one common input, is the time of the artisan who made it; and if the artisan took two hours to make it and you paid that person a dollar, that could be a very good price. It is a community where there are almost 75 percent HIV positive rates.

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Gift Marketing Create Interview 40

Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

And the book is structured in a way where each of these elements is given its own chapter with a whole bunch of stuff in it. I was in Florida for a workshop, and there was somebody in this workshop who worked for a local farmer’s market. That what makes for a great partner is not necessarily understood in a proposal.

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