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MacArthur Offers $100 Million For One Good Program

The NonProfit Times

MacArthur Foundation’s $100 million 100&Change competition has launched with roughly 1,000 nonprofits expected to vie for the winner take all award. Proposals must identify a problem and offer a solution that promises significant and durable change. The award will be announced in late 2025. Round Three of the John D.

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Centering communities: Leaning into participatory grantmaking to increase equity 

Candid

We streamlined the application process, eliminated the written reporting requirement, and, 18 days later, awarded the first round of grants in Greater Boston. The first 15 grantees supported communities of color, immigrants, seniors, children, and the homeless, among others. Over 10 weeks, we distributed 181 grants totaling $4.5

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Nonprofit Storytelling: The Quick and No-Nonsense Guide

Bloomerang

And once shared effectively, storytelling will change the game for your organization. This is the act where the big moment occurs and change is witnessed. A change could be emotional, physical, or circumstantial. Remember the core components of a story are: Character, Conflict, Goals, and Change. See the difference?

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Goal Setting for Your Nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

Review the mission statement - cure cancer, end homelessness, provide affordable housing for working families - whatever it is, ask yourself if the programs from last year helped the organization reach its goals. Now is the time to make changes. What will you do differently this year? From WHY comes strategic planning and goal setting.

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Ally Shares the Valuable Lessons Learned Through Program

ASU Lodestar Center

It was like a paid internship where I would learn about nonprofit organizations, and receive an education award at the end. service day was a great example of us working together to provide resources, or even just some friendly conversation to the homeless communities around the Valley. I was more than excited to apply.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They’ve also leveled the playing field and have a special category for smaller nonprofits (under $1 million budget). And there is also an award category for individual champion, whether board members, volunteers, or a free agent. Image by Codilicious from Flickr.

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Community Organizing and Social Justice Measurement in the Connected Age

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Shonali Burke, who we interviewed in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , let me know about an exciting project she is working on with the Center for Community Change that is hosting the 8th Annual Change Champion Awards (in DC) today (Sept. What is the long-term change that they want to see?

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