Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. The first grants are to be awarded later this year.

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sgEngage

JUNE 3, 2022

Topics covered in this episode: Due diligence models. Grant applications and risk identification. Streamlining operations and increasing productivity. Tip Sheet: 15 Questions Foundations Should Ask as Part of Their Grantee Due Diligence. Governance. Information Technology and internal controls.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

We then kicked off a conversation with early Demographics via Candid partners Satonya Fair of PEAK Grantmaking , Grant Elliot of Foundant Technologies , Dawn Stone of Center for Nonprofit Management , and Michael Wright of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to discuss their first-hand experiences collaborating with Candid on this initiative.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

One study found that 86 percent of respondents believed that having a strategic plan positively impacted revenue generation through grants, donors, events, and other avenues. When you make strategic purchasing decisions, you can set your organization up to fundraise more productively than ever before.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

Meyer Memorial Trust is a private foundation in Oregon, USA, that has a pioneering spirit and is always up to something new, different, and meaningful – plus it is quite near to my heart. Meyer Memorial Trust is the largest private foundation in Oregon, established from Fred G. Meyer’s personal estate.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. More than a million tax-exempt organizations exist in the United States, including public charities, private foundations, and civic organizations—not counting the 220,000 religious congregations that are also registered. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models?

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Like the stickers are for food delivery, the trust as a service model is a great opportunity for most businesses today. The model is defined by two mains steps. Then, the next step is figuring out what satisfies that need and creating a product, program, or certification that fulfills it.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2021

Today’s Q&A is with Alicia Dicks, President & CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties. Q: What led you to working at a community foundation? Q: What accomplishment are you most proud of as the President & CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Over the course of a three-year grant , Champions implement ambitious, goal-oriented projects and participate in advocacy campaigns aimed at changing local and national policies that hinder equal access to education. To help keep girls learning, Malala Fund has awarded new grant funding to Champions leading pandemic response initiatives.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

When weighing the cost of various technology products, always check the TechSoup catalog and see if a discount is available (because there probably is!). You will also need Office 365 for key products like Word and Excel. Google products are widely used in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. Grant Searching .

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Through nonprofit partnerships, businesses can market their products or services to the nonprofit’s supporters. Volunteer grants Volunteer grants (also known as Dollars for Doers ) are donations that companies submit to nonprofits after their employees have volunteered with those organizations for a specific amount of time.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

For context, I was a customer of TechSoup while at the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus; we requested some software through TechSoup's very popular product donation program. This nonprofit social enterprise is so much more than a product catalog. Boy, what a difference 30 days makes. And it's just Tuesday!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2015

We recently invited people from three of the top product donation nonprofits to participate in a webinar about how to access donated products and services. This program launched in May of 2014 and already has a good selection of discounted products and services specially designed to enhance and improve nonprofit operations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Guest Post by Heather Grant-McLeod. or “collective impact,” this work is characterized by a very different mindset, approach, and set of tools than traditional grant-making or nonprofit work, which has historically focused on supporting programs and organizations, and scaling those up. Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0

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Givinga

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Corporate philanthropy benefits include increased employee engagement, higher brand awareness and reputation that increases sales, and even improved employee productivity. Grants from a Private Foundation. Grants can also be given to national and international charities to increase your philanthropic profile.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Demographics: Foundations and corporate funders will want to know who is benefiting from your nonprofit’s services. Required documents: To obtain grants, you need proof of your nonprofit status or fiscal sponsor. Do the necessary market research to learn which foundations—local, regional and national—are funding nonprofits like yours.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 8, 2024

Here are some of the key aspects of nonprofit HR, according to Astron Solutions : Limited resources : Most of the time, nonprofits work on tight budgets and don’t have a lot of resources to devote to HR tasks when they need to focus on their productivity in other areas just to keep the doors open. Recruitment and retention.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

I have disruptive approaches to social innovation in mind, with an increasingly connected society where the cost of prototyping and deploying new products is extremely low, and where innovation is no longer the sole purview of well-funded for-profit corporations. The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. Say you rely on one platform for your organization’s accounting work, another for grant management, and another for online fundraising. Strengthen your financial reporting efforts.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The new system allows them to visualize their logic model in action across programs in 24 offices in 14 countries. Tying together rescue operations, grants management, and donor data they have a full understanding of what is happening in various countries, quantified by data, showing that programs work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I recently interviewed Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, Head of Product Impact, who designed the challenged to learn more. I’m the Head of Product Impact at Google.org, working to use emerging technology and Google’s expertise for social impact. I understand that the Google AI Impact Challenge is something that you created.

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Google Challenge Interview Impact 86

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2012

This kind of funding is essential for innovation, for responding to time-critical opportunities, prototyping new ideas and getting them to the point where they are a saleable product to customers and/or issue-focused donors. The senior social entrepreneurs in the audience were listening in rapt attention. How is it structured?

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2012

What was once a matter of checkbook philanthropy is now decidedly strategic, and the driving forces of CSR revolve around the convergence or fit between the company’s business interests (its customers, product line, and brand) and the offerings of potential nonprofit beneficiaries. This is all good and deeply appreciated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The Foundation has teamed up with an evaluation consultant, TCC Group, to figure out if working wikily can enhance the quality of learning as the OE Goldmine Research project and the Foundation’s OE program review move forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit. Why Use One?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The campaign was modeled after the grand daddy of match days that happens throughout the entire state of Minnesota. GiveMN is an independent 501(c) (3) organization that is a supporting organization of the Minnesota Community Foundation. Bigelow Foundation, General Mills, Inc., Bigelow Foundation, General Mills, Inc.,

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Through this program, qualifying nonprofit organizations can receive initial grants of two professional software suites—valued at up to $15,000 worth of software - for $30 per license. Autodesk entertainment products have won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for several years. Available Software Suites. Eligibility.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. Previously served as CEO of The Seany Foundation, a pediatric cancer foundation. Lewis Foundation. Caryn York.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2011

This is a summary of my notes and take-aways from the small group discussion on the Boston Youth Sports Initiative with Roberto Cremonini with Cremonini Consulting (formerly with Barr Foundation, funder of project) and Chris Lynch with Squash Busters (formerly with the Initiative). The message was that the network was open to everyone.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2013

Foundation. In this blog post, I highlight a model for successful digital inclusion. These guides provide an overview of a successful program model, its key elements, and the challenges organizations are likely to face in establishing or growing a digital inclusion program. He's been involved with nonprofits and community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 1, 2008

The event kicks off with a Tuesday night dinner for grantees at Exeter College, which is what Hogwart's (in the Harry Potter movies) was modeled after. Jeff Skoll spends an hour and a half explaining what he's been up to since stepping down as CEO of Participant Productions (actually, seems like stepping up to Chairman).

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 31, 2016

From a funding standpoint, foundation support for leadership development was less than 1 percent of overall giving from 1992 to 2011 (Hirschfield, 2014). Additionally, the costs in productivity are numerous and create a burden on the organization’s human resources. Adam has been a grant advisor for The Pollination Project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called “ Connected Citizens &# that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? This blog post at the Knight Foundation talks about designing for serendipity in more detail.

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Neon CRM

MAY 9, 2023

It incorporates a whole category of products from sophisticated and comprehensive solutions to simple spreadsheets and databases. A strong CRM can act as the foundation for relationship building by giving you the tools you need to get that messaging in front of your donors.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The new BRIDGE IDs are the culmination of year-long joint efforts of the core team member organizations (CTMs) — TechSoup Global , GuideStar , GlobalGiving , and Foundation Center — in conjunction with our contracted software development firm, Future Processing. A New Phase of the Project. Next Steps Toward Public Use.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Studies show that high engagement rates can lead to a 23% increase in productivity and quality of work, boosting your revenue. Each role has specific responsibilities, and training helps set a foundation for each worker’s confidence. Improved profitability. Increased retention. Lack of leadership support. Mentorship programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

It is refreshing to hear the conversation about ‘how not to grant’ Thanks in large part to recent research by GEO and others, funders now see that to achieve the impact they want to see, they are adapting practices that nonprofits have been asking for, for years – GOS, multi-year funding, and capacity building.

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