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Autism After 21 Utah Project: Lessons from a first-time fundraiser

Candid

I had recently joined Madison House Autism Foundation as the Director of the Autism After 21 Utah Project (AA21 Utah). However, I was determined to push away my fears and become a successful fundraiser because the mission of AA21 Utah is so important. I’d taken it for granted that these resources were just there.

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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

NTEN

Last year, as jobs, schools, government services, social gatherings, and everyday tasks moved online, there blossomed a growing recognition that digital access and skills are critical in our society and should be a universal human right.

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Boosting Arizona's Philanthropic Resources

ASU Lodestar Center

For those suggesting that cost of living and state and local tax burdens are likely to impact charitable giving, it may be important to note that, according to the Tax Foundation , Arizona ranked 33 in terms of state and local tax burden. States which have higher averages of charitable giving also tend to have a lower cost-of-living.

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How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?

Connection Cafe

Looking at giving to other charities you then find out that she and her husband have collectively donated over $50,000 each to their university and other organizations around the country. Or would you invite her to a behind-the-scenes event for local VIPs? She is currently unassigned for a major giving portfolio, should she move over?

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Great Conversationalists: Reflections on Being a Dial-a-Stranger

Museum 2.0

I even made some gaffes--for example, confusing the University of Texas natural history museum with the Utah natural history museum (the "UT" slipped me up)--but they took it in stride, continuing the conversation without embarrassing me.

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Supporting Nonprofit Tech Educators Across the Globe

Tech Soup

Orem, Utah: QuickBooks Made Easy. Salt Lake City, Utah: QuickBooks Made Easy. Douala, Cameroon: Strengthening the Capacity of Female University Dropouts. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Buéa, Cameroon: Strengthening the Capacity of Female University Dropouts.

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Our EveryAction Hero: Jewish Voice for Peace

Everyaction

I created a template and chapter leaders would adjust it to fit their local context and we would send that out through EveryAction so chapters could reach people in their area. It was more of a local pitch for membership! We really rely on those local personal connections as one of our greatest means of acquiring new members.

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