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The 2 Key Elements of Successful Fundraising Campaigns

NetWits

Komen of Maryland increased their fundraising results by 10% three years in a row using these key strategies. In 2010, Komen Maryland strategically sent 103 email messages to constituents over 140 days. Komen of Maryland increased their fundraising results by 10% three years in a row. Increase YOUR Fundraising Results by 10%.

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Guest Post: Why it’s worth allowing volunteers to lead (even when it’s uncomfortable)

Twenty Hats

The new leader’s fresh approach included revamping the operational structure of the program, dividing, and sharing leadership responsibilities with two additional volunteers. She recently completed a five-year appointment to the Maryland Governor’s Commission on Service & Volunteerism.

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Notes on Structure Lab: Legal and Financial Models for Social Entrepeneurship

Museum 2.0

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. The Structure Lab is set up as a "game" in which you explore cards in various categories (values, assets, financing, etc.) to better articulate what you are really trying to do with your project concept.

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Benefit Corporations: Back to Purpose

Tech Soup

A structure has emerged to serve this purpose, called the Benefit Corporation. This past October, California joined New Jersey, Virginia, Hawaii, Vermont, and Maryland in passing legislation to create this new type of legally recognized company.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Researchers have often referred to social enterprise structures as the “fourth sector” (after private, public, and nonprofit) because they combine charitable missions, corporate methods, and diverse social and environmental philosophies in ways that surpass the traditional business and philanthropy models (Billitteri, 2007).

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Nonprofit Isn’t the Only Option: Benefit Corporations, B Corps and More

NonProfit Hub

Benefit corporations are a fairly new concept, as Maryland was the first state to allow the designation in 2010. Limited Liability Company : This category is not a corporation, but instead a business structure that provides the taxation status of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a corporation.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

September 23, 2021 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland, has announced grants totaling at least $300 million in support of thirty-three investigators who are tackling some of the most challenging problems in biomedical research. A weekly update with the latest news from PND. Read more. .