Candid

JULY 8, 2024

Foundation program officers and government officials can unintentionally limit the impact of community-based organizations by funding them to serve only a specific demographic group and a narrow set of activities. At the Healthy Democracy Fund at the Tides Foundation, we focus our grantmaking on state and local groups.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

We recently spoke with Elana Frank about her experience founding and scaling the Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF). Her background at a community-organizing nonprofit in New York and a master’s degree in nonprofit management gave her a solid foundation for starting a nonprofit. But even so, she’s had much to figure out along the way.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Getting grant funds is REALLY exciting! Conducting research to find grants and funding opportunities is definitely the place to start if you want to be successful at getting grants and separating yourself from the strugglers. Before you start researching, make sure you understand what you need funds for exactly. Determine costs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2013

That’s something we have heard more and more over the last year, as foundations and nonprofits look for ways to tap into the growing online giving market with these daylong campaigns raising funds for local causes. You can learn more about the Giving Day Play Book from this press release or upcoming Webinar. But they don’t have to be.

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Candid

APRIL 19, 2021

In addition to the contextual framework, Candid provided insight into who funds Black male achievement. It was also an opportunity to meet in advance the grantmakers who will share feedback on each participant’s funding pitch, which will take place in the final session. Organizations need to tread a fine balance.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

To ensure that your money is going to the right places, use tools like Charity Navigator , GuideStar , and TEOS (tax-exempt organization search) to evaluate the legitimacy and impact of the organizations and funds you’re donating to before you give. Donate here. Donate here to support their response efforts.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

Carrie White—Vice President of Technology, Information, and Philanthropic Strategy at the University of Cincinnati Foundation. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT ®— a complete fund accounting software solution designed specifically for nonprofits and schools. Matthew Ewing—Vice President for Advancement at Boise State University.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Vilcek Foundation. The Vilcek Foundation has a mission to elevate and communicate the importance of immigrants’ contributions to the arts and sciences in America. The New York-based foundation also awards annual Vilcek Prizes to support innovators in these areas. Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. The post was also published on the Knight Foundation blog here. The campaigns were treated as works in progress.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

First Place Winner — Environmental Education Alliance of Georgia. Environmental Education Alliance of Georgia frequently uses Adobe products to create logos, flyers, rack cards, posters, newsletters, and annual reports. Third Place Winner — Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas. Prize: $1,000 Cash.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The data reveals important insights into disparities in leadership, funding, and support. Susan Taylor Batten, president and CEO of ABFE, highlights what Black-led nonprofits are missing out on by not receiving adequate funding. These leaders are already delivering results in their communities.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

St rengthening and preserving relationships with donors is essential to an institution’s success – donors want to know that their funds are going to support the causes they care about. Georgia Tech Foundation , ? In a higher education panel session , leaders from Blackbaud customers ?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Friends of Madison Park Foundation values all the donors who make it possible for us to maintain our beloved park and meet the high standards of our community. Now, here is a letter that gets it right: Dear Janie and Peter, Thank you for your gift to the Friends of Madison Park Foundation! Does it make you feel appreciated?

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JULY 5, 2023

Donors want to know how you used their funds, so show them that your nonprofit is a responsible steward of their donations by providing context behind major expenses. Sending comprehensive annual report booklets to the right donors can pay off, like in the case of The Rhode Island Foundation. Financial information.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

The war effort was thereby funded by wealthy families. Kudos to Georgia Congressman John Lewis for advancing a concurrent resolution back in March to recognize the centenary of the charitable deduction. The new flat tax of 1915 gave way to a light progressive tax in 1916, paving the way for a steep progressive tax in 1917.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

With that in mind, I wanted to share a list of funding and grant resources available for nonprofits serving that community. Grant Research Tip : As you search for funding opportunities, keep an eye on the grant application deadlines. Funding Priority: LGBTQ+. Elton John AIDS Foundation. Urgent Action Fund.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2020

As the organization shifts to a more community, value-based module, the foundation will need to shift as well. Prior to the pandemic, there was already a growing trend by individual donors and foundations to support initiatives that expand beyond the hospital walls and beyond the reach of a single organization. Donor Alignment.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

For example, if you are raising funds for a much-needed van and someone donates a van that meets your organization’s needs, you can close that campaign and focus your efforts elsewhere. A subscription is expensive, but you may be able to get access for free from your community foundation. Cool, right?

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Double the Donation

JANUARY 17, 2022

More than $4-7 billion in available matching gift funding is left on the table each year. During my time at the University of Georgia studying Human Development and Communications, I volunteered and worked with local nonprofits, whose dedication and compassion I found inspiring. About Double the Donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

A case in point is Georgia Shakespeare. This theater organization faced closure due to shortfalls in public and private funding. The donations ranged from $3.77 (users donating the price of a beer at a performer’s request) to $50,000 (a foundation grant). who had been connected to the theater at some point in the past.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

They want to know that their funds are going to support the causes they care about, and the time is now to put the processes and technology in place to share this information with them. . A strong o nline e ngagement s trategy . Becky Campbell, a gift and donor system facilitator at Fanshawe College, ?discussed

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

And over the years, many other communities and states have copied the idea – for example Georgia Gives Back Day. Razoo has also promoted local giving days, including Twive and Receive and recently announced reaching a milestone of raising $100 million. Internal social media coordination, organization and planning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Any fund-raising professional knows that most nonprofit organizations secure the bulk of their money from a relatively small number of large contributions, either from wealthy individuals or institutional sources. I have raised over $100,000 for the Sharing Foundation (not counting any prize money) with and without contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Georgia Popplewell. Case Foundation bloggers Kari Dunn Saratovsky , Sokunthea Sa Chhabra , and Megan Stohner cover philanthropy, social change, fundraising, and activism. Connie Reece advises nonprofits on social media strategies and is the visionary behind the Frozen Pea Fund. Social Change Activists. Christine Eggers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

The tech support nonprofit, TechBridge in Georgia, has launched the first crowdfunding platform for nonprofit technology projects. It’s called the TechBridge Nonprofit Exchange and it is designed to address the problem of grantmakers’ reluctance to fund infrastructure improvements for charities. Image four: Trag Foundation.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

It’s been a few months since the first crowd funding service for nonprofit technology launched. In those, people contribute money online, usually in small amounts, to fund products or projects. Then after the project is funded, the money goes to TechBridge to implement the work. It’s doing pretty well, actually.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I believe that when you do that, when you add those stories and the ease of telling a story to your tool chest, if you will, that you are building a strong foundation to be sustainable, to help people understand what it is you do, what you need, all of that, and that really you’re building lifelong supporters. .

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

David Krumlauf, Chief Technologist, Pierce Family Charitable Foundation. Jeremy Foreman, Executive Director, Georgia Serves. Balaji Mayreddy, Consultant, Reverse Mortgage Funding, LLC. Melissa Campbell, Campaign Associate, Casey House Foundation. Annie Lynsen, Marketing Director, Small Act. Robert Weiner, Owner, Robert L.

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Candid

JUNE 11, 2024

A research brief from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Bridgespan Group, and Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation identifies collaborative funds as key to strengthening our democracy and promoting a vibrant, just, and inclusive future. Support grassroots organizing and year-round civic engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2015

Guest Post by Michelle Huttenhoff, Knight Foundation. With the clock ticking for Give Local America on May 5, community foundations and others are finalizing plans for this national day of online giving. The Community Foundation Boulder County did – and raised $43,600 through 201 donations.

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