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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Instead of generating a profit that can be disbursed to shareholders or reinvested in the business, nonprofits funnel their revenue into things like research funding, program expenses, outreach, and work that directly impacts their mission. Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds.

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. foundations steadily decreased their support of HBCUs, in terms of both percentage of total giving and grant dollars awarded. In fact, large U.S. Ivy League schools received a combined $5.5

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“Seeding by ceding”: What we know about the latest group of organizations funded by MacKenzie Scott

Candid

These included higher education institutions with students from underserved communities, arts organizations, and social sector infrastructure organizations. Editor’s note: Scott awarded a grant to Candid.) . In other words, recipients in this latest round of funding tended to be smaller. . Organizational size . Geography .

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. The Lavelle Fund exemplifies the tremendous social return that bold philanthropy can create. Embracing measured risk, The Fund has been willing to make early bets on Benetech, and has repeatedly chosen to invest in our prototype projects.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Requested Grant Funding Related (20 percent). Even a quick scan of the form fields above will reveal that much of this information is available from any public repository of 990 forms filed annually by US nonprofits. Research funding. Funding for this research was provided by The John D. Total Number of Paid Staff.

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This summer, we will have three students working on Bookshare software for our users underwritten by Google’s Summer of Code program. Our vision is to provide equal opportunities for students with disabilities and help them overcome a major barrier to accessing to the most valuable prize in society: a great education.

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Comprehensive Guide To Year-End Giving

CauseVox

In 2020, they set a goal of raising $40,000 for their combined #GivingTuesday/year-end fundraiser to raise funds for their virtual summer camp. Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Are you funding programs or operations or both?

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