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Key Challenges Facing Arts And Culture Nonprofits, And How A Texas Ballet Overcomes Them

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Local private foundations are their primary funding source, offering accessibility and a streamlined application process. image via The post Key Challenges Facing Arts And Culture Nonprofits, And How A Texas Ballet Overcomes Them appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Bright Idea: Partner with Local Businesses for Fundraising Initiatives

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What they did: The United Way of Dallas partnered with Bank of Texas to offer jeans days to employees who donated to the United Way in October. The form was directed to employees at the Bank of Texas, who could earn jeans days based on how much they donated to the United Way of Dallas.

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Our EveryAction Hero: Texas Watch

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Texas Watch is a nonpartisan citizen advocacy group founded in 1998. They just celebrated over 20 years of advocating for Texas families. Let’s start of with a little bit more background about Texas Watch! Texas Watch works to ensure that insurance companies and other major corporations are accountable to their customers.

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Court Rules That Cars Can Be For Kids

The NonProfit Times

Kars4Kids, a Lakewood, New Jersey charity, first deployed its earworm 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS jingle in commercials that began airing locally in the New York-New Jersey region in 1999. District Court of New Jersey in Newark found in 2021 that the Texas charity’s trademark had been infringed by Kars4Kids to the tune of $10.6 America Can!

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Boy Scouts Of America Rebrands To Scouting America

The NonProfit Times

As of February 8, 2025, the Irving, Texas-based national organization will be known as Scouting America. The bankruptcy proceedings did not include several hundred local BSA entities, which are separate, independent 501(c)(3) organizations. That date coincides with the 115th anniversary of the organization’s founding.

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Help Hurricane Harvey Victims: Where To Donate #HoustonStrong

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I watched the news reports from Texas and was horrified at the scale of this disaster. I also ask for recommendations for local charities from colleagues. The last one is tricky if you are not local to the area, but I’m grateful to have a great network of people who work in the nonprofit sector and can make recommendations.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Bloomerang

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. Texas Instruments Foundation. The Moody Foundation strengthens the future of Texas by investing in charitable projects that exhibit innovative ideas and make long-term improvement in Texas communities.

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