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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should You Celebrate Your Nonprofit’s Anniversary?

Bloomerang

Just because you, your executive director, or any “insider” feel a certain way about what’s most important about your mission, does not mean your constituents feel the same way. The executive director wants two department heads, each reporting to her; she won’t delegate responsibility. Your board members apparently don’t.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lessons Learned About Resilient Networks from Super Storm Sandy by Pat Brandes, Executive Director, the Barr Foundation. Hurricane Sandy caused over 100 deaths in 10 states and left more people in the dark than any other storm in United States history. The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000.

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Win Back Your Lapsed Donors

Bloomerang

But let’s say, you know, maybe you’ve just been talking to them about job placement because the job placement is really the thing that elevates the homeless and helps them get off the streets and all of that. . you know, when Puerto Rico had that hurricane, you know, that was huge here. It was huge. But keep asking.

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Hundreds of affordable housing projects are in limbo after Trump administration cuts contracts

Fast Company Tech

Not knowing for me means we assume that the money is not coming, and that means that I have to pivot,” said Jonathan Green, executive director of a nonprofit in Mississippi that’s building a 36-unit affordable housing development in Biloxi.

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16,000 structures were destroyed in the L.A. fires. Here’s what the city can learn from Asheville’s Hurricane Helene recovery

Fast Company Tech

Thats Los Angeles since the historic wildfires struck in January, destroying more than 16,000 structures and leaving thousands of people homeless. It was also western North Carolina in late September after Hurricane Helene created raging rivers that flooded some houses and swept others away.