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What counts as racial equity funding?  

Candid

We began tracking grants and pledges based on press releases and public announcements to tell a real-time story. . contacted us with two primary concerns about the way the data was presented: the distinction between racial equity and racial justice funding, and the mixing of grants and pledges. underlying systems and structures that?generate

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Phased In Giving – A Creative New Trend in Setting your Board’s Give/Get Policy

BoardAssist

As New York’s leading personalized nonprofit board matching service, we spend a lot of time working with nonprofit boards to help them craft their nonprofit’s give/get policy – or how much board members should be asked to annually generate for the boards on which they serve. That’s where the challenge comes in.

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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

Get Fully Funded

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. Volunteer policies and procedures: It is critical that you have policies and procedures in place that minimize potential problems that could arise.

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12 Lessons For Fundraisers After Hearing “No” From A Major Donor Prospect

Bloomerang

If timing is a problem, you always can explore a payment schedule over a mutually agreed period. A best practice is getting the donor prospect to sign a letter of intent pledging when payments will be made. A tricky problem can be when the donor prospect simply doesn’t get along with the CEO, executive director, or board chairperson.

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12 Lessons For Fundraisers After Hearing “No” From A Major Donor Prospect

Bloomerang

If timing is a problem, you always can explore a payment schedule over a mutually agreed period. A best practice is getting the donor prospect to sign a letter of intent pledging when payments will be made. A tricky problem can be when the donor prospect simply doesn’t get along with the CEO, executive director, or board chairperson.

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If your goal is to get countries to pledge to wipe out poverty, then your social media clickthroughs are just a means to an end. Use it to solve specific problems. Luke’s, StoryCorps, NPR, and Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. Measure program success, not just analytics.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. So they provide the examples and maps, but they let the youth pick and pledge whatever it is they want to do to make a difference. org before?

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