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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. To learn more about the Center for Community Change, please click here.

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Community foundations: Donor-advised fund grants outpaced contributions in 2022 

Candid

Endowed DAFs are set up as permanent funds with a principal balance that remains in place; grants are made from the income generated by the invested assets, subject to a spending policy. billion, representing nearly two-thirds of all grant dollars awarded.

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A tale of two surveys: Fintech VCs change tune on investment landscape

TechCrunch

The 10 states are Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Bell, a corporate finance attorney and a former White House policy advisor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in a press release. “We are rewriting the rules for homeownership,” says Ready Life CEO Ashley D.

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The best snowboarding gadgets for 2020

The Verge

I was extremely skeptical, but I got to spend a full day testing it at Big Sky Mountain Resort in Montana. This thing was just introduced in January 2020 and it immediately started cleaning up on design awards. Roam claims that it takes up to 20 percent of your body weight off of your knees. It blew me away. Bindings and Wax.

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Colleges cut ties with nonprofit amid federal DEI scrutiny

Fast Company Tech

The rollout of the investigations highlights the climate of fear and uncertainty in higher education, which President Donald Trump’s administration has begun policing for policies that run afoul of his agenda even as he moves to dismantle the Education Department.

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Trump’s anti-DEI push ends $75 million award to plant trees in places that need them

Fast Company Tech

In a February 14 email canceling the grant, the Forest Service wrote that the award “no longer effectuates agency priorities regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and activities. The Associated Press receives support from the Walton Family Foundation for coverage of water and environmental policy.

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Trump is dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Here’s what it does

Fast Company Tech

Through grants, research and policy initiatives, the IMLS helps these institutions better serve their communities. Photo: Brian Brainerd/ The Denver Post /Getty Images] In the 2019 fiscal year, for example, the IMLS awarded funds to libraries in Nebraska to support economic development in 30 rural communities.

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