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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Press Forward seeks to reverse the dramatic decline in local news that has coincided with an increasingly divided America and weakening trust in institutions. Around 2,200 local newspapers have closed since 2005, resulting in 20 percent of Americans living in “news deserts” with little to no reliable coverage of important local events.

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Finding the Best Consultant for Your Nonprofit: The Search and Selection

Bloomerang

Around the United States, you can find a few dozen of these. Most have intentional geographic limitations, but a few like Philanthroforce , Nonprofit.ist , and CGT Connects list specialists from around the United States and beyond. If you really want the best possible match, then this is good news.

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We will never know philanthropy’s full response to the COVID-19 crisis

Candid

Based on the data we were able to collect from news sources, funder websites, and from funders directly , we issued two reports with our partners at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy to help the sector make sense of its collective response. At Candid, we’ve been tracking philanthropy’s response.

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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown

ASU Lodestar Center

Hager Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Arizona State University. In the spring of 2020, as COVID-19 and the uncertainty of how to react spread across the United States and Canada, people holed up in their houses and apartments. We refer to these individuals as “CVAs.”.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Diversify your news sources. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. However, as I learned from spending two weeks in Asia this past December , the news sources you watch and consume can dramatically effect your consciousness and ultimately your social media voice. e-Newsletter.

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5 Research-Backed Lessons on Major Gifts Fundraising

Connection Cafe

The study provides useful and interesting insights on general philanthropic trends across the United States and confirms common wisdom about the anecdotal characteristics of our industry’s best donors. Hypothetically, what if you don’t have anyone that meets all 5 criteria? Or, what if 90% of your database meets all five criteria?

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Web Accessibility Lessons Learned from a Total Beginner

Forum One

I decided to do what any good nerd does when they learn something new: write a blog post about it. . Web accessibility refers to the design and implementation of digital products and services (i.e., For example, in the United States alone, 70% of websites do not function properly with screen readers.