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Performance Based Funding Institute to Improve Higher Education

VisionLink

Douglas Zimmerman and Lois Ann Porter traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to organize the Performance-Based Funding Institute VisionLink produced for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Two weeks ago VisionLink''s W. A Self-Assessment Sheet used by attending community colleges at the PBF Institute. VisionLink'

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Kids and Kickstarter: The Rise of PhilanthroKids and Kid Crowdfunding!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. Charlotte is helping Diane garner attention for her campaign, by putting in to practice some good tips from her Dad! She is making barrettes, selling them , and donating the proceeds to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

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2012 North Carolina Center for Nonprofits Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Smith Reynolds Foundation. Kim Lanphear, Program Manager, Apparo (formerly NPower, Charlotte Region). Panelists will uncover how mobile is changing nonprofit communications strategies, share best practices for an integrated approach, and discuss the benefits of a communications plan. Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Bloomerang

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. This means look first at foundations that are located in your city and state before searching across the country. Ford Foundation. Mellon Foundation. The Shubert Foundation.

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Does Your Nonprofit Need Some Data Therapy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” The blog post is about the launch of the Boston Foundation’s new resource for community organizations and media, the Boston Indicators Project website. According to the blog post: “Data and reports alone do not produce change,” said Charlotte Kahn, Senior Director of the Boston Indicators Project. Why this resource?

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Equal Opportunity Schools’ new, data-driven framework advances inclusion in schools

Tableau

Global Head of the Tableau Foundation. Over the past eight years, David Farley has worked at three different schools within North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system. In the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, administrators are excited by the prospect of this new approach to data. Neal Myrick. Kristin Adderson.

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National Philanthropic Trust Gets New CEO

The NonProfit Times

Prior to leading E4E Relief, she worked for Foundation For The Carolinas, where she led advancement, philanthropic services, investments and legal affairs. During that time the foundation grew from $180 million to nearly $4 billion in assets. She was selected as one of the Mecklenburg Times’ 50 Most Influential Women in Charlotte.