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Managing Your Operating Reserves During and After an Emergency

sgEngage

Its hard to choose to put funds into operating reserves when that could help one more person transition out of homelessness. If you can give your organization a long life, you can help more people. Operating reserves play a dual role in supporting nonprofit organizations.

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What Attributes do Nonprofits Need to Build Cross-Sector Collaboration?

ASU Lodestar Center

Department of Housing and Urban Development dropped the bombshell of defunding all but one nonprofit transitional housing provider for homeless families in Maricopa County, Arizona, the local nonprofit, private and government organizations began to scramble (Polletta, 2016). Polletta, M. 2016, May 12). Simo, G., & & Bies, A.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

The event happens in the week leading up to Mother’s Day and provides a platform where anyone can build a heartspace with text, photos and videos to show their love for their mother, an important woman in their life, or even people that inspire them. Have people heard of 350.org org before? Have you heard the number 350 parts per million?

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Spotlighting Mental Health in the Nonprofit Sector

Saleforce Nonprofit

I’ll start with myself: I’ve been working for nearly 30 years in the nonprofit sector, and I have struggled with anxiety my entire life. We saw hunger, homelessness, broken healthcare systems, exhausted teachers, and mental health issues explode in front of our eyes — and we felt it all. Let’s talk about nonprofits and mental health.

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19 Creative Volunteer Recruitment Ideas You Should Try

Bloomerang

Dedicated volunteers come from all walks of life and backgrounds. For example, if you work for a disaster relief organization, you could pitch a story about how your nonprofits volunteers are leading cleanup efforts throughout the community. 19 creative and effective volunteer recruitment strategies 1. Target the right audience.

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4 Ways to Use Your Nonprofit Blog for #GivingTuesday Storytelling

Tech Soup

For instance, you could feature a video of someone who once was homeless but now is a proud homeowner. Another post could be a diary of the day in the life of a young woman who is the first in her family to attend college. Yet another could be a photo gallery of newly built homes after a disaster. So go ahead, spoil the ending.

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Creating a Movement, Addressing Inequality

Achieve

She realized that the life she had was much more privileged than most, even though she would be considered by many in the United States as a broke student just getting started in her career. She had five children and had to abandon her home and take them to a settlement for disaster victims.

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