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Going Beyond the Dollar: The Community Leadership Role of Foundations

sgEngage

Understanding Community Leadership Community leadership involves actively engaging with local stakeholders, identifying shared goals, and working collaboratively towards achieving them. Civic leadership, on the other hand, involves active engagement and participation of individuals in addressing community issues and promoting the common good.

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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. We all know that hunger is a complex and growing problem. Today, we’re introducing our first Salesforce.org Impact Labs cohort on zero hunger and their work on U.S Food Insecurity.

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From boring to brilliant: Using data for maximum impact

ASU Lodestar Center

It’s the link that turns a bunch of random declarations about the issue your nonprofit is addressing into a statement with weight and relevance. Data can illustrate the scope of the problem, the need for your program, and why it will be successful. For example, I recently wrote a grant that addressed childhood obesity.

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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

I want to outline some issues nonprofit organizations may face while trying to build or change their brand. Now charities also have to work on the cause of the problems: they have to become the movements for change.” This can make branding more difficult for nonprofits. Sources: [1] Non-profit branding: Cause and brand effect.

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

My main problem isn't necessarily about Chase. How do you decide that an organization's mission to provide help for Jewish families dealing with Autism has more or less value than an organization that fights a rare childhood disease or takes care of animals? That a local organization is more deserving than a national one?

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

My main problem isn't necessarily about Chase. How do you decide that an organization's mission to provide help for Jewish families dealing with Autism has more or less value than an organization that fights a rare childhood disease or takes care of animals? That a local organization is more deserving than a national one?

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

Get Fully Funded

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. The key to getting your nonprofit’s story in the news is building relationships with local journalists.

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