Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Community Improvement and Capacity Building: Fewer Grant Awards. of survey participants cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011 by GrantStation and PhilanTech). As always, if you use staff time to try to secure grant awards, staff have to leave behind their daily duties.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Guest Post by the Packard Foundation OE Team.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Let's say that the XYZ Foundation awards your nonprofit a grant for 2011. In QuickBooks, set up a customer called "XYZ Foundation." " Next, set up a job underneath the XYZ Foundation called "2011 XYZ Foundation Grant." 2011 AT&T Foundation Gran.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2012

This past fall GrantStation and PhilanTech conducted the third semi-annual informal survey of nonprofits, The State of Grantseeking Fall 2011. Between mid-August and early October 2011, 928 nonprofits of various sizes, in different geographies, representing diverse issue areas completed the survey online.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

Despite many challenges, nonprofits retain a sense of optimism about the next six months according to the survey results cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011). And it gets particularly interesting when you start looking at the responses from arts, culture, and humanities groups. What does that mean?

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2013

Depending on the size of your organization and what the mission focus is, there’s probably a social media campaign that’s been executed with the ultimate goal of rallying followers to help you win an award, attend an event or just increase engagement overall. Go inside to expand: Staff, board, volunteers. realize they have.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest. Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Not only does corporate giving allow nonprofits to earn more for their causes, but it also helps them diversify their revenue sources. Plus, 71% of employees say it’s important to them to work at a company that contributes to nonprofits, demonstrating that corporate giving programs can help businesses retain their employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. They enlisted help from board members on Twitter, but being organized with a plan and timeline for asks was critical to their success.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 31, 2016

Businesses spent an estimated $12 billion in leadership development in 2011. From a funding standpoint, foundation support for leadership development was less than 1 percent of overall giving from 1992 to 2011 (Hirschfield, 2014). The social sector spent $400 million, just.03% 03% of the sector's $1.5

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Awards will be announced at our gala on October 22, 2014 at SOMArts in San Francisco (you can RSVP and get your invitation here ). Erinn joined the GuideStar team when Philanthropedia was acquired in 2011. Now, the fun and challenging part begins, as our judges for Storymakers 2014 get to choose the finalists. Joaquin Alvarado.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Thanks to ConnectingUp and Doug Jacquier for helping to bring nonprofit staff from Australia to the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! Members are in bold.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

A report by tech giant Cisco found that 51% of all consumer internet traffic in 2011 was video traffic. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation maintains a channel on YouTube which includes this moving piece set to higher production values. Further inspiration for what is possible can be seen on the doGooder Nonprofit Video Awards.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2012

It also means to get the narrative that emerges from our financials right, to communicate that narrative effectively to our stakeholders, and to help other social enterprises better convey their own financial stories. For example, our 2008 major human rights grants from the Oak Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T.

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Classy

MARCH 29, 2021

We know how it looks, but here at Classy we hold ourselves to the highest standard and feel grateful for the work we’ve been able to accomplish since our start in 2011. Warby Parker helps simplify the task by sending customers five different frames of their choice to try on before making a decision. Levi Strauss. Warby Parker.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2011

We had, ahem, a few problems with the wireless Internet at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. To try to help mitigate the problem, Holly made a funny video. And the 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report found that 30% of the organizations that have raised more than $100,000 on Facebook have budgets under $5 million.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The visual story of the Bhopal Medical Appeal was subsequently awarded a Getty Grant for Good in 2011 after winning the 2011 Focus for Humanity NGO Assignment Fellowship. Photo by James Morgan on behalf of the World Wildlife Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Public Insight Network in Minnesota is a network of 75,000 people who help make Minnesota Public Radio News by sharing their observations, insights, and experiences with reporters and editors who may share these insights through a story or on the web site. Crowdsourcing 101. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The nonprofit World Wide Web Foundation. According to the World Wide Web Foundation’s Tim Berners-Lee : “The reason for the Alliance is simple – the majority of the world’s people are still not online, usually because they can’t afford to be. It has been in use in Europe since 2011.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2012

A new report, "Digital Citizenship: Exploring the Field of Tech for Engagement", released by the Knight Foundation, explores the potential for technology to improve democracy -- specifically at how it can help people engage with their communities, leaders, and governments.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Back in 2011, I started collecting all the emails that nonprofits sent me during the month of December and reviewed what was in my inbox. Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. Best Subject Line Award goes to Oxfam America Ambassador Aziz Ansari for his “Bad fruitcake news, Steve” message.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Beth Kanter won the NTEN Award in2007: Most Valuable Person in NpTech field. She is the 2010 NTEN Award Winner and was named to the NonProfit Times list of the 50 most influential people in the charitable sector in 2008. He got the NTEN Award IN 2011. " Beth Kanter. " Find out more here. Marnie Webb.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

There's the "program" side that wants to tell you all the amazing ways your programs help save homeless pets, feed the hungry, find cures, protect our children, or empower women. And don't forget the "communications" side, whose press releases and news items help raise awareness. There's the "events" side that must sell tickets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Through my work with Packard Foundation and with IIE and the State Department, I have have the opportunity to work with NGOs from places like Pakistan, Rwanda, India, and the Middle East. I work as a trainer and capacity builder for nonprofits and technology and more lately social media and networked approaches.

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