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Appeals Court Rules Funding Process A Contract, Not A Grant

The NonProfit Times

Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit might have wide application for organizations targeting a specific element of the population for assistance. The contest would provide four winners $20,000 each — one a month for four months — and other business growth tools and services to businesses that are at least “51% black woman owned.”

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Oregon Foundation looking for a Million Dollar Idea

Amy Sample Ward

Meyer Memorial Trust is a private foundation in Oregon, USA, that has a pioneering spirit and is always up to something new, different, and meaningful – plus it is quite near to my heart. Meyer Memorial Trust is the largest private foundation in Oregon, established from Fred G. Meyer’s personal estate.

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Upcoming Webinar March 29: Mapping Philanthropy - Data Visualization for Good

Tech Soup

Many of you are aware of the giant force of good that is the Foundation Center. Here at TechSoup, we are collaborating with the Foundation Center on upcoming webinars designed to provide you with new ideas and tools to aid your organization. George Ford has been with the Foundation Center since March 2004.

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I Live Here, I Give Here: Place-Based Charitable Giving Hubs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The partners are a mix of local foundations and corporations. Chase's Your Communities Your Vote Facebook users will be able to choose from more than 500,000 small and local charities to decide which community organizations they want to receive donations totaling millions of dollars from Chase corporate philanthropy fund.

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How Will Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?

NTEN

Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. The fact is that program officers at foundations, boomers, and prospective employees are all turning to social networks to get a sense of your organization. This is a flawed assumption.

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My Facebook Birthday Cause: Thank You (and Some Unsolicited Feedback To Causes)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Before I go further, I have thank everyone for the early birthday present - a donation to the Sharing Foundation. Last year, when I turned 51, I posted a challenge on my blog - could I get 51 people to donate $10 to the Sharing Foundation? I think this is application might just be a winner: It meshes with Facebook culture.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. The Knight Foundation is sponsoring The Knight News Challenge and they've got $5 million to give away. Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0. young people???, young people???

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