Candid

APRIL 23, 2024

In my last article , I examined some of the key findings from the latest CF Insights survey , conducted annually by the Council on Foundations to track trends in community foundation activity and growth. By contrast, non-endowed DAFs allow the donor to grant out the entire fund at any time.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

With a seed grant from the Knight Foundation, we set out to find the answers to these questions. SocialCoding4Good is an important partner supporting VMware's commitment to giving back and active learning through service,” says Nicola Acutt, Director of VMware Foundation.

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Impact Technology Mobile Open Source 205

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference offered a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. Adene Sacks, Senior Program Officer, Jim Joseph Foundation. Casey Foundation. Kimberly St.

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Blogger Conference Effective Organization 91

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

View the archived recording of the Got Grants? On September 6, 2012, TechSoup held a free webinar with two guest presenters from The Foundation Center. George Ford gave an overview and tour of the Foundation Directory Online , including tips for finding funding to match your organization’s mission and location.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. New recipes for capacity building for nonprofits and foundations – guest post by Annie Hernandez.

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NetWits

MARCH 11, 2012

More recently they decided to harness the power of the web and content marketing by allowing people to follow the life of their 2012 national ambassador. Make-a-Wish Foundation arrived on the scene in 1980 by helping one boy become a police officer. They’ve now grown into an organization that grants a child’s wish in the U.S.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

The 2013 NTEN Award Winner Maddie Grant is a classic Gen-X early adopter of technology and lover of "shiny new toys". While we''re excited to present this award annually to a single individual, we know that a successful community is much more than than one person. So thank you for being a vital part of the NTEN community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 1, 2011

Who grants the most? The term grantmaker typically refers to a nonprofit organization that grants money to other nonprofits. Most of the grantmakers in Arizona are private foundations. Even though they're nonprofits, private foundations are a little bit different, legally, than other nonprofits. Piper Charitable Trust.

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Grant Research Arizona Tucson 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Note from Beth: Last year John Haydon reached out about a special project he was working on for the CTK Foundation that was providing some resources and financial support for nonprofits. Re-inspire your sense of mission by participating in the Heart & Soul grant. How do you apply for these grants? What is the CTK Foundation?

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Profit Alabama Grant Award 101

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Our financial story begins with Benetech’s forward thinking funders: our users, individuals, foundations, corporations, partners, and government agencies. For example, our 2008 major human rights grants from the Oak Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. Such is the case with a major portion of Benetech’s revenue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The audience includes top corporate CSR executives, venture capital investors, government leaders, foundations, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs. The audience includes top corporate CSR executives, venture capital investors, government leaders, foundations, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs. … Read More

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

Here is the letter I'm sending to the USPTO supporting their initial recommendation against granting this registered trademark in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees. The survey can help convince trustees who, for example, still object to the idea of making grants for general operating support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

The GEO 2012 conference is off to a great start. At the “Learning in Public” breakout session, Beth Kanter, Jared Raynor (TCC Group) and Kathy Reich (David and Lucile Packard Foundation) sharing the Packard Foundation’s experience with learning in public. Let’s say you saved even an hour’s worth of paperwork per grant.

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Culture Learning Public Foundation 91

NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

It's why NTEN is here, and it's why we're fans of The CTK Foundation's "Heroes with a Heart" grant awards. What are the details of the "Heroes with a Heart" Grant? The CTK Foundation will choose a blogger (hopefully me) who will hand-pick one winner from any category. Good luck, Heroes!

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Award Blogger Foundation Grant 70

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

A grant money giveaway and a renowned speaking event are just a taste of the goings-on: In June we learned that as part of their 'Be Fearless' campaign, NTEN member the Case Foundation would be a primary sponsor of TEDxMidAtlantic 2012 and that the event's theme would also focus on 'Be Fearless'.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It has been critical for Bookshare’s foundational principle of “scan once, share with many.” of America v.

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Copyright Accessibility Library Law 196

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Looking ahead to 2012, training NGOs in collection and effective use of data, and developing new technology tools to enable these efforts will be core components of our agenda. First, last June, the HRP received a generous multi-year grant from The John D. First, last June, the HRP received a generous multi-year grant from The John D.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Between email solicitation, direct mail, major donors, and grant-writing, the vast majority of nonprofits will weather the economic hard times. But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Get an iPhone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

I am doing a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. Better yet, I’m hosting a small mob of guest bloggers from different foundations and organizations who will be writing guest post to share the ideas about flowing out the conference. Casey Foundation.

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Results Nonprofit Seattle Evaluation 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. Charting Impact is a strategic alliance among Independent Sector , BBB Wise Giving Alliance , and GuideStar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Guest Post by Heather Grant-McLeod. or “collective impact,” this work is characterized by a very different mindset, approach, and set of tools than traditional grant-making or nonprofit work, which has historically focused on supporting programs and organizations, and scaling those up. Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0

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Change Build Social Facilitation 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Yet foundation staff charged with organizational learning responsibilities are still charting a new course in our field. How to create systems for accessing knowledge resources that foundation staff will use. Cindy Rizzo is the Senior Director for Grantmaking & Evaluation at the Arcus Foundation.

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Learning Knowledge Management Seattle Evaluation 92

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Department of Education was to serve 100,000 students by the end of our five-year contract in late 2012. Based on hitting that number two years early, we’re now projecting that we could serve perhaps twice as many students, 200,000, by the 2012 milestone date. And the price to the Dept.

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Conservancy Student National Congo 140

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Here are a few areas discussed I was challenged by: Challenge #1: At The Lumpkin Family Foundation , we developed our first comprehensive evaluation plan last year. I found out that we were not alone when NO ONE in the room stood up when we were asked if our foundation uses every bit of data collected. Are you using a dashboard?

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Action Public Challenge Learning 93

Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the coming years, trillions of dollars in wealth held by the Baby Boomer generation (born from 1955– 1964) are poised to transfer to their children and grandchildren, millennials (1981 – 1996) and Generation Z (1997 –2012). foundations together distributed about $472 billion in grants.

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Philanthropy Generation Giving Change 119

NonProfit Hub

MAY 13, 2019

Emergency grants. There are plenty of organizations that provide last-minute grants. For example, since 2012, the Open Road Alliance (ORA) has provided over $13 million in emergency funding to organizations that might have otherwise gone under. Here are some places you can find emergency funding if all else fails.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. Some other foundations provide resources for nonprofits to develop their evaluation knowledge, such as the W.K. As part of a. and Herring, A.

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Research Culture Evaluation Nonprofit 82

Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Exposure to diverse cultural perspectives promotes tolerance and broadens their outlook, contributing to a well-rounded and resilient foundation for personal and intellectual growth. This is a good start, but to be usable in a grant proposal, it needs to cite sources. 2013; Upitis et al., How can I learn more?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

TechSoup Global is building NGOSource , an online data repository to facilitate the sometimes costly business of getting grants to overseas charities. Darin McKeever is a deputy director on the policy and government affairs team of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , where he leads the foundation’s charitable sector work.

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Internet Conference Taxonomy Charity 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

At the 2012 GEO conference, I learned about a Big Experiment for Learning in Public undertaken by the Packard Foundation, together with TCC Group and Beth Kanter. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

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Public Learning Conference Sound 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Myth Busting around Scale - Guest Post by Adene Sacks of the Jim Joseph Foundation. For me, sitting where I do at the Jim Joseph Foundation, this myth busting could not come at a better moment. Adene Sacks is a Senior Program Officer at the Jim Joseph Foundation. The session did not disappoint.

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San Francisco Conference Advocacy Foundation 93

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2012

They do it through corporate foundations, intermediary charities such as United Way, and by directly supporting social causes. The main motivation for the creation of L3Cs is that they are eligible to apply for program-related investment funds from private foundations. 2012, January 10). 2012, January 10). B Corporation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Yesterday, I participated on a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. I often think of the above exchange when foundations talk about learning. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. What have you learned?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

The Packard Foundation, true to the nature of its brave and innovative Learning in Public experiment, generously shared with us some of the lessons it learned by opening up the measurement and evaluation effort of its Organizational Effectiveness program to…well… the public. Are you measuring to test a hypothesis? Who is your audience?

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Measure Evaluation Foundation Lesson 95