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The voice and vision of the volunteer

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Not being able to fully deliver these services can be attributed to the constraints on budget, staff and lack of resources. After years of acknowledging and working with more than capable school-aged youth while juggling a career as a test engineer in Tucson, Arizona, he is now a proud graduate of the MNLM Class of 2019!

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How Nonprofits Can Engage Volunteers in Advocacy

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posted by Carletha Sterling Summer 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Volunteer Board Member Wings for Women, Tucson, Arizona. Carletha Sterling has been on the board of directors for Wings for Women, Tucson and A New Way Of Life, Los Angeles, California. She is passionate about helping others.

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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

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Nonprofits must consider not only external avenues of increasing unrestricted funding, but also internal solutions that can help make the most of resources already on hand. An educated and engaged board of directors can be the key for a nonprofit to find new funding and maximize currently available resources. Increase board engagement.

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We are what we eat

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A student at Ochoa Elementary in Tucson proudly displays her bounty of carrots after harvest day. The results are undeniable: the gardens do change lives,” said Nick Henry, director of the Community Food Resource Center at the food bank. posted by Maureen West Project Manager, Social Impact Measurement ASU Lodestar Center.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Elsbeth Pollack

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Community organizing and resource development, connecting people with the appropriate and applicable organizations, communities, ideas, resources, and leaders that will support their development. I worked at a nonprofit in Tucson called BorderLinks for about four years. For how long have you worked at the ASU Lodestar Center?

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Nonprofit Start-Up Fever Hits the Valley, Sweeps the Nation

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Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Early each semester I graph five years-worth of the number of Arizona nonprofits that gained status as income-tax-exempt under §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D.

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Research Friday: Who grants the most? Who gets the most?

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Manager of Knowledge Resources. For those of you interested in Arizona's private grantmaking foundation landscape, The Foundation Center is great resource. A great local resource is the Arizona Grantmaker's Forum.). Stephanie La Loggia, M.A. ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday ! We welcome your comments and feedback.

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