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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Areas served: Mexico, Haiti, US (priority: Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans). Areas of special interest to the foundation include educational and training programs designed to improve literacy, teach basic life skills, promote good citizenship and public services, and increase reading, mathematics, and science proficiencies.

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

VisionLink

Fifty years ago in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and the rest of the old South, Blacks could not drink from "whites only" water fountains, could not sit at "whites only" lunch counters or swim at "whites only" public swimming pools. It is the true meaning of our creed that teaches us how to get along.

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

VisionLink

Fifty years ago in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and the rest of the old South, Blacks could not drink from "whites only" water fountains, could not sit at "whites only" lunch counters or swim at "whites only" public swimming pools. It is the true meaning of our creed that teaches us how to get along.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Why DonorsChoose.org is a Fundraising Game Changer: Charles Best started Donorschoose.org in 2000 out of his own frustrations of being a teacher in the Bronx who didn’t have the supplies he needed to teach effectively. Just very minimal stuff,” said one Mississippi teacher. This includes some of the most basic student essentials.

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

Have Fun - Do Good

I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and both sets of my grandparents came from rural Mississippi. Did you just wake up one day and say, "I want to do this!" or was there a particular path to it? I spent a lot of time with them when I was growing up. My parents were working, and they had a lot of agrarian knowledge.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

Areas served: US (primarily Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, & New Orleans), Mexico, Haiti. This free course will teach you the most efficient way to search for grants and exactly how to identify funders who best align with your own organization. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Areas served: Wyoming.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

Areas served: US (primarily Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, & New Orleans), Mexico, Haiti. This free course will teach you the most efficient way to search for grants and exactly how to identify funders who best align with your own organization. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Areas served: Wyoming.