sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2025

nonprofits, schools, higher education institutions, and healthcare organizations are currently navigating change or uncertainty related to federal funding. Federal Funding Landscape first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Enabling Complex Scientific Research Established in 2021 with $650 million from its founding donors, Arc Institute empowers researchers to tackle long-term scientific challenges by providing scientists with multiyear funding letting scientists focus on innovative research instead of grant writing.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2025

Establish funding priorities: What gifts do you need of time, talent, and treasure to robustly champion your mission? Never underestimate the power of flexible when-and-where needed most funding. Set stretch but realistic goals: Now put numbers to the funding priorities. Capital projects and improvements? Programs and services?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Tomorrow, NPRs CEO Katherine Maher goes before a DOGE congressional subcommittee to defend the public media outlets case for federal funding. Maher gives a preview to her testimony, sharing how funding cuts would impact Americans broad access to crucial news and information, particularly in rural and local areas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

This might include sending t-shirts and other event goodies to participants as well as “virtual-only” type Zoom kickoffs or online challenges. Don’t be afraid to reach out to event sponsors, grant funders and major donors to see if they’d be willing to work with you on how unspent funds are allocated, such as event table sponsorships.

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sgEngage

MARCH 24, 2025

And with the potential for reduced government funding, CHWs play a critical role in advancing health equity. While CHWs provide undeniable benefits, securing stable funding for these programs remains a challenge. Hospital foundations are increasingly partnering with community benefit departments to expand access to care.

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sgEngage

APRIL 14, 2025

Start by ensuring every question in your application collects data that will genuinely inform your funding decisions. Identify Connections for Peer Networks Your grant management system (GMS) can do more than manage applicationsit can help you identify connections between organizations with similar characteristics or challenges.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

October 10, 2024 will be the first-ever DAF Day , a giving day dedicated to donor-advised funds (DAFs). What is a donor-advised fund (DAF)? In a challenging overall fundraising environment, everyone wants to make sure that the funds set aside for charity are being put to good use, quickly.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

As traditional funding models shift and societal needs evolve, nonprofits are being called upon to adapt and innovate to create lasting change. Democratic backsliding and restrictive laws will pose challenges to nonprofits operations and the safety of their beneficiaries. At the same time, newer funding models are emerging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2020

For nonprofits, fundraising can be a challenging proposition. There are strict rules regarding what you can do to collect funds, and what you’re allowed to do with that money once you have it to retain your nonprofit status. If you’re struggling to raise funds, consider trying out one of these new ideas.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 8, 2025

Another challenge is the over-dependence on data and quantitative metrics , which places undue emphasis on numbers while often neglecting qualitative insights, lived experience, diversity of perspectives, and real-world implications. Funding constraints and grant dependency further exacerbate these issues.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

The project receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency. Ecological costs of traditional seawalls Seawalls have long served as a primary defense against coastal erosion and storm surges.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They do however face unique challenges, which are numerous and varied, reflecting the complex and evolving nature of the nonprofit sector as a whole. This blog aims to examine these challenges and offer all nonprofits leaders methods to increase diversity and BIPOC participation in their organizations.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Despite “significant research gaps,” the evidence related to the land-based food chain “is certainly raising alarm,” said Lev Neretin, environment lead at the FAO, which is currently working on another technical report looking deeper into the problem of microplastic pollution in soils and crops. Plastic is ubiquitous.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2022

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. Side note: Brex aside, it still blows my journalist mind that companies in general can raise hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and yet not be profitable.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 22, 2025

A typical closet is loaded with plastic , woven into polyester activewear, acrylic sweaters, nylon swimsuits and stretchy socks and it’s shedding into the environment nonstop. Even natural fabrics shed fibers and have chemicals that can leach into the environment. They wind up in local waterways that connect to the ocean.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Along with urgency, clearly spell out how the funds will be used. Knock down all obstacles, challenges, and time-sucking distractions. Think of how we operate in a consumer environment. This is where data and statistics come in, combined with a powerful image that tells a story. What will the impact be? They don’t!

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Maybe you took it out of necessity, maybe it was meant to be temporary, or maybe you thought it would be more challenging than it is. Drop by their desk or invite them for coffee with genuine curiosity about their challenges. It’s about creating an environment where they feel challenged, valued, and genuinely supported.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 28, 2024

While public policy advocacy efforts are often selective and directly relevant to their missions, nonprofit leaders may also see many aspects of their work — from funding to community outreach — as forms of advocacy. Challenges in advocacy remain, but coalitions offer a way forward. . * Advocacy efforts are mission-driven.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Impact investor Goodwell Investments and Oxfam Novib , a Dutch foundation and Oxfam International affiliate, have set up Pepea, a €20 million ($21.7m) fund, to provide financing to early-stage startups in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. Pepea’s long-term plan is to improve the quality and affordability of these necessities.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Africa seemed to defy the global venture funding decline in the first half of 2022 after its startups raised $3 billion, double the amount secured over a similar period the previous year. Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023 by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Changing funding levels from long-time donors, increased demand for services, challenges in finding and retaining top talent, combating the employee burnout crisis, and continuing to provide essential program services is akin to juggling a dozen balls without dropping a single one.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. Hope FM in Port Huron, MI and KAWC Colorado River Public Media in Yuma, Arizona.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

And Haiku has developed virtual twins of real-world digital networks to help train students and experts on cybersecurity operations and respond to diverse attacks through a game-like environment. Xreal announced in January 2024 it had raised an additional $60 million in funding for further development of its AR glasses. In the U.S.,

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sgEngage

AUGUST 7, 2024

You are done with juggling multiple spreadsheets just to track your restricted funds. You’ve made the decision to switch to a modern fund accounting system. To do a fund accounting implementation process right, there is a good amount of organization, data clean-up, and training involved. You’ve found the perfect partner.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 22, 2025

“We’re just approaching some of our funders at the moment asking for $600,000 a year for three years to actually fund taking the brakes off,” says McCallum. Photo: Bering Yachts] The expedition quickly faced challenges. “Normally we sail with 6 people and the crew, and here we were sometimes 12, 13, 14 people.”

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Regardless of where those funds came from, one thing is certain: not-for-profit (NFP) organizations must maintain the publics trust if they wish to continue receiving donations. Using a fund accounting system built for nonprofits simplifies designating and tracking funder intent. This statement is true regardless of a NFPs size.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

There are numerous challenges to be overcome when a nonprofit seeks to use digital channels to engage with its stakeholders, including the following: Prevalence of fraud. Digital Storytelling Framework. Limited budget. Worldwide competition. Lack of visibility online. Physical distance from audience.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The deepening of societal divisions challenges our innate capacity for compassion. Its not enough to solicit funds from the wealthiest. The current environment has hardened each of us in some way, and it will take time to reintroduce a sense of community-wide compassion. Yet, philanthropy endures.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 5, 2024

According to court papers, AAER filed its challenge on behalf of three anonymous female business owners , two in Virginia and one in New York, whose small businesses met the firmographics criteria of eligible contestants. In declarations filed with the court, all three asserted they “meet the nonracial requirements for the contest.”

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

On one side: Georgetown, the fastest growing city in America for three years straight, which in 2023 signed a contract with an investor-funded enterprise to quickly begin importing vast volumes of water from the Simsboro Formation of the Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer, 80 miles to the east. But all of these solutions remain years from realization.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

If you’re a nonprofit or local government agency or work alongside them, there is a good chance you have seen an uptick in funding possibilities within your field. COVID-19 took the world by surprise, and along with it came a government response with unprecedented spending and a massive increase in grant funding.

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.orgSource

JUNE 19, 2024

The Intersection of Culture and Technology I’ve been writing and thinking a lot about the intersection of culture and technology and how softer skills support a healthy work environment. The intersection of technology and culture can support a healthy work environment. It was great to hear an IT leader echoing those ideas.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

In an email interview with TechCrunch, CEO Simon Taylor said that the proceeds will be put toward expanding HYCU’s 300-person team with a particular focus on customer success and partnerships as well as funding the development of new products and services, including a software-as-a-service product.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2022

As a result, some foundations have started thinking about giving in a crisis before it even begins and developing a strategy to make sure that their funds have the most impact. A few ways funders have modelled this is by loosening deadlines, converting grant funds from restricted to unrestricted funding, and simplifying processes. .

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2022

Implementing a robust and modern fund accounting system can save your team time, make reporting faster, and give you more opportunity to focus on impactful work. But introducing a new fund accounting system can be a sizable undertaking—even when you know it will be worth it. Mindset: A Critical Tool in Your Implementation Toolbox.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

One thing that stood out to him was how only a small group of select people and firms could invest in venture capital and private equity funds. million in seed funding for Poolit , a Miami-based fintech startup that aims to open up access to investing in private equity and VC funds. The Imagine fund is all venture capital firms.

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