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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

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Tutor students so they can reach their potential in school? Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community.

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Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The presentation is in the form of a network map – so you can tell that they already approach their social change work with a network lens. Teens As Free Agents. I loved hearing Isadora Faber, a pre-teen girl who lives in Florianópolis and creator of page Daily Class on Facebook. ” Philantroteens.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

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Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority. A local TV station employee was hired to work with the teens in a 6-week course where they created a promotional video for the library. The teens also have access to GoPro and Nikon.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

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DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors. We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. Check out the annual report template! Power Poetry.

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

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Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. During the school year, federal programs like the National School Lunch Program help close this nutrition gap by providing free or reduced cost meals to low-income students. But when summer vacation starts, the school meals end. That's 3.9 MILLION U.S.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

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FoodWhat's staff and teens have taught me a lot about what it really means to be relevant to people who are often overlooked or ignored. FoodWhat empowers teens to change their lives through farming and food justice. Doron doesn’t work with A students or B students. He works with kids who rarely show up to school.

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A Strong Message for Fundraising = More and Bigger Donations

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Today’s teens get the message that they need to go to college, but so many don’t know how to get to college, how to pay for college, or what they should do while they are at college. . The original seven students we started with are now in the workforce. The original seven students we started with are now in the workforce.

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