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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

Mission: Through education and advocacy, the Colorado Mental Wellness Network seeks to provide opportunities for individuals to improve the quality of their lives, give back to the community through meaningful roles, and to change the perceptions of mental health. Mission: Robbie’s Hope is an uprising of teens to help other teens.

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Top 5 Tips to Build Your Fundraising Event Committee

Qgiv

Think about all the teens that need community service hours!) To maximize the potential of your key volunteers, it helps to organize them into a fundraising event committee with specific roles and expectations. This can help you get sponsors, increase word-of-mouth marketing for your event, and drive more event attendees.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community. Is the need for more beds seasonal? If you are located outside the U.S.,

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Qgiv

Your venue will need to accommodate attendees, sponsors, and event staff , with each of these audiences having unique needs that must be met. Where should sponsors set up a booth (if they get one)? How will sponsors be highlighted during the event (announcements, signage, etc.)? First, you have to consider what roles are needed.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens. This student-built app lets players take on the role of a ghost detective who encounters local residents who haunt the community.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

Nonprofit annual reports play an important role as we head into the end of the fiscal year or the onset of giving season. Full disclosure: This is from our founder George, who also co-founded PowerPoetry.org , the largest teen poetry platform in the US. The grassroots climate justice advocates at 350.org We think that’s a win-win!

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Utah Pride Center: Unite, Empower, Celebrate

DipJar

To learn more about Utah Pride and to hear about the role DipJar has played in supporting this momentum, we sat down with Kevin Randall, the communications director for the Utah Pride Center’s Pride Festival. In many cases, teens who have come out are rejected by their families and become homeless. The Pride Center offers a home.

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