Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

GrantStation is a set of tools and resources to help organizations identify and secure grant dollars.) Here’s how: Recency: We survey grantseekers, grant writers, and those involved in the grantseeking universe twice a year (spring and fall). Is it location or focus, or both, that affects grant dollars?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 20, 2017

The traditional power dynamics created between philanthropy, nonprofit organizations and the community beneficiaries of the nonprofit work is imbalanced. Such that, philanthropy holds the greatest reward power and nonprofits assert more control over the communities they serve (Spilka, Figueredo & Kioukis, 2014).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Guest Post By Heather McLeod Grant. These are some of the questions that Alexa Cortes Culwell and I set out to answer in our new report, The Giving Code: Silicon Valley Nonprofits and Philanthropy. On the one hand, huge personal wealth is being created in Silicon Valley, and much of it is being allocated for philanthropy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I could request books not already in the collection, and sometimes my wish would be granted. First we identified the titles we wanted to add—all requested by Bookshare non-student members, including some of the best science books of 2013 as reported by NPR’s Science Friday show. And the best part? I began a reading binge.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

The art aspect refers to how well an inspired writer describes a project and the grant-seeking organization. Grant funding can be a great way for a nonprofit to boost its revenue, with giving by corporations and foundations in the United States in 2013 amounting to $67 billion. Unclear and unconvincing project descriptions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The guide identifies on the key benefits of transparency as reported by the funders interviewed for the guide: Foundations profiled in this guide and those who responded to a 2013 GrantCraft survey listed the following benefits of transparency: Less time spent explaining goals and strategies to potential grantees. Is the Needle Moving?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

On March 18, 2013, NGOsource. The trial membership is available to grantmakers who join NGOsource by March 18, 2013. She provides guidance on international philanthropy law, oversees the equivalency determination review team, and educates the. grantmakers and a burden on the very organizations they hope to support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

LCF annually raises all of its operating and grant-making dollars and is currently, a $1.2M LCF inspires philanthropy from the Latino community and invests in community driven solution lead by Latino-based organizations. In 6 weeks, we raised $10,000 and made mini-grants to three Latino based organizations. Your strategies?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Our nonprofit 50l(c)(3) child advocacy agency survived the Great Recession of 2008-2013. I filled out “wild-card” grant applications and wrote first-time proposals to national and government groups. Best of luck and hard work to all in 2013. Three fundraisers per year took place, calling on different populations of attendees.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2013

Although these positive developments are possible, the Urban Institute Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy and the National Council of Nonprofits are well aware that there are many challenges and problems that have wormed their way into the system. Increase your potential for writing a successful grant application. In fact, very few.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

She officially started her full time business in 2013, and has designed hundreds of digital and real products. Laura MacDonald, President of Benefactor Group , is a certified fundraising executive with three decades experience in nonprofit leadership, fundraising, and philanthropy. She has loved every minute of it.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Find the first installment of this series, Developing a Grant Project here , the second installment, Researching government funders here , and the third installment on researching foundations here. Professional associations often make grant funds available to members of the association or organization. Big Book of Library Grant Money.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

TechSoup Global’s CEO Rebecca Masisak is presenting at the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit 2013 this month in Minneapolis. The Social Enterprise Alliance Summit 2013 is having some of my heroes speak at the event. That got me to wondering. What exactly is a social enterprise? The Social Enterprise Alliance Summit.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 19, 2024

While today we take for granted a long and storied history of nonprofits, civil society organizations, and NGOs within the United States, it is important that we reflect on how we arrived at this moment. In 1913, the Rockefeller Foundation is established, marking a new era of strategic philanthropy. focused on fighting fires.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The frequency of the survey ensures that the results are actionable now, and this information can be used as a steering mechanism for organizational growth, and as a real-word lens, to ensure that your organization stays competitive in the world of philanthropy. Mostly, though, it’s all about the benchmarks. Please, take the survey now!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy ''s upcoming webinar, Bringing Entrepreneurial Skills into Grantmaking Practices , will explore ways in which you can employ the skills and practices used by social entrepreneurs. Care2 thinks it''s likely that your organization is not sending enough fundraising emails. Register now!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2013

Its mission is to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. AFP’s president and CEO, Andrew Watt, is on the 2013 NonProfit Times list of the 50 most influential people in the charitable sector. It has more than 30,000 members throughout the world.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

This new free online data visualization and mapping tool demonstrates the value of applying technology to philanthropy, in this case, creating a place to find out how and where foundations are supporting U.S. New data will be added to the platform on a weekly basis, and the totals for 2013 and 2014 are likely to increase.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2014

million raised, a 63% increase in total donations over 2013 according to the Case Foundation. Are you tapping in to the increased posture of philanthropy on this day? Over 15,000 nonprofits across 68 countries participated this year, with an estimated $45.68

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2016

Instead of scaling community giving and philanthropy and empowering their local nonprofits to use crowd funding, Give Local America Day amplified frustration, panic, hopelessness, and anger. In 2013, GiveMN, one of the first and longest running Giving Days, experienced a catastrophic platform fail (on Razoo).

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The grant world has changed. The new federal regulations add layers of additional accountability and complexity for grant recipients. This monumental shift of responsibility onto grant recipients could be one of the most pivotal changes in grant management in decades. What Changed: Focus on Performance Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

It would be easy for community foundations to back away from giving days in the wake of the Kimbia disaster and similar problems that plagued Minnesota’s popular Give to the Max Day in 2013. The grant maker, like dozens of others across the country, was suddenly thrust out of celebration mode and into crisis mode.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) have become one of the hottest tools in philanthropy over the last few years. According to the National Philanthropic Trus t (NPT), between 2013 and 2014, DAFs grew by 8.8% while charitable remainder unitrusts declined by 1.7% and charitable remainder annuity trusts declined by 7.7%.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Ahern was surprised that basic skills he took for granted as a sales copywriter – like the deft use of emotional triggers to prompt action, for instance; or reverence for the customer – were often missing in the donor communications he saw. He is a regular contributor to Philanthropy News Digest and the Huffington Post IMPACT Channel.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014. Nicole Wallace.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2023

Instead, they rely on the same kinds of funding streams as traditional community-based nonprofits: individual donations, volunteers, and support from institutional philanthropy. Foundation Location Funding granted between 2007-2019 Percentage of total funding 1 Ford Foundation NY $92,351,834 24.0% million to $35.6 million to $35.6

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Candid

JANUARY 16, 2024

Full disclosure: I’m biased in favor of nonprofits on the subject of grant applications and reporting. As a career fundraiser, I’ve worked in various roles at Candid, starting as a development associate in 2013 and working my way up to vice president of influence (the division in which our development department is housed).

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Researchers have often referred to social enterprise structures as the “fourth sector” (after private, public, and nonprofit) because they combine charitable missions, corporate methods, and diverse social and environmental philosophies in ways that surpass the traditional business and philanthropy models (Billitteri, 2007).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 19, 2025

EPA spokesperson Shayla Powell said the agency has worked to enable payment accounts for infrastructure law and Inflation Reduction Act grant recipients, so funding is now accessible. The port itself said pollutants dropped from 2013 to 2019, but some emissions from more vessel activity increased.

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