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Client Spotlight: National Pediatric Cancer Foundation

Qgiv

In 2012, President Barack Obama named September National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Their mission is to collaborate with leading hospitals across the nation and fund clinical trials to find a faster cure for pediatric cancer. Since 2005, NPCF has funded four Phase 1 Clinical Trials.

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Design Series: Understanding Audience Needs

Forum One

Build internal trust first: A soccer lesson I wasn’t an amazing soccer player, but I did enjoy playing on soccer teams throughout my childhood. And that strategic teamwork translates to efficiency on the other end, building products that audiences want to engage with because they’ve been thoroughly tested and designed.

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Why It’s Time to Rename our Sector from Nonprofit to For-Impact

Saleforce Nonprofit

Jude drive the survival rate of childhood cancer patients from 20% to 80% since the hospital was founded in 1962 — how’s that for impact? ALSAC has an internal accelerator where new ideas are explored and tested. Instead, use funding from your ‘cash cow’ to go and test new things.”. . — David Jacques, CIO, ALSAC.

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

Blue Avocado

One that, like actual childhood and early adolescence, is full of hazards, and that inevitably must come to an end. A common example that I have seen concerns the ratio of unrestricted to restricted funds. After a few years, restricted income might even surpass general operating funds. That is the test of a true leader.

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Q&A with sgLEADERS: Alicia Dicks, The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties

Connection Cafe

Q: The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties and the United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area led a joint Mohawk Valley COVID-19 Response Fund. A: The reprioritization to meet partner needs due to COVID-19 was a test of our adaptability, a major component of our cultural ethos.

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Using Twitter to Build Support Among Latinos for the Affordable Care Act

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Most recently, I was reminded of this as I live-tweeted an event for MomsRising put on by Latino civil rights organization the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). MomsRising is an online and on-the-ground organization with over a million members, many of whom are Latinas.

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Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Software Tips for Medical Nonprofits

Qgiv

We put together some peer-to-peer fundraising software tips that can make it easier for your supporters to raise funds on your behalf, host more profitable fundraising events, and other tips to boost your peer-to-peer efforts. This reinforces to your supporters that you need help and are serious about raising those funds. Sub-events.