Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Follow the lead of organizations like the Austin Public Library who have a sign-up form for those interested in participating. Once you have laid the foundation for what you’re hoping to achieve together, then you need to tell your ambassadors exactly how they can help you get there. . Do any of them fit the bill?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

This San Jose, CA-based organization provides technology and services to agencies that work directly with the homeless in their community. Recently, CTA conducted a study on mobile use by the homeless population of Santa Clara County (where CTA is located). An Opportunity to Learn. What CTA Uncovered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2014

In May, I was lucky enough to spend a few days with community foundations at the annual GuideStar DonorEdge Learning Conference. We heard from Christina Ciociola, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and what they have learned about using data from Donor Edge to become the community knowledge center over the past few years.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2014

posted by Annie Bello Graduate Public Allies Arizona I quickly realized that Public Allies was no cop out when we were sworn in as AmeriCorps members. One of which we partnered with Be a Leader Foundation and Duncan Family Farms on Cesar Chavez Day. 2014 Annie Bello graduation Public Allies'

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Homelessness is a significant problem in the United States. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness’ 2021 State of Homelessness report , there were 580,466 people in the United States who were experiencing homelessness in 2020, 30% of which were families with children. Private foundations.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Stage 2 is about building a solid foundation, and this does NOT include asking for money yet. Most foundations want you to have about 3 years of programming with data that demonstrates your approach is successful before they invest in you. In fact, most foundations wont fund your program year after year.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s okay to apply for a corporate grant and sponsorship at the same time: Is it okay to make an ask for a sponsorship (say, for an event) from a corporation AND separately to that corporation’s independent charitable foundation? – – Too Greedy?

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 22, 2024

Some problems cannot be solved by grants of the size that foundations typically provide. For the second round of 100&Change in 2021, MacArthur awarded a $100 million grant to Community Solutions to accelerate an end to homelessness in 75 U.S. The process also provides public exposure to applicants. times the original plan.

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Tableau

APRIL 20, 2021

The threat of homelessness due to rent debt is one of the most consequential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. . While rent debt can lead to homelessness, eviction also has far-reaching ramifications. But without strong, compassionate public policy, it’s nearly impossible to protect people with rent debt from eviction. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 4, 2022

To date, Salesforce.org Impact Labs has rallied our community around housing and homelessness, equity in education, and climate justice to find ways technology can help amplify and expedite the vital work of those trying to eradicate these global problems. The obstacles we face do not exist in silos, and neither do the answers.

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Tableau

JUNE 25, 2021

I believe data can accelerate public discourse, connect advocates, and educate society at large. Earlier this year, we hosted our first virtual Tableau Foundation Summit to bring together our community of non-profit data leaders. achieve the reality of zero homelessness with their data-driven response.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Co-lead of Tableau Foundation’s Racial Justice Data Initiative. Since the launch of the Racial Equity Data Hub in February 2021, the Tableau Foundation and its partners have empowered a connected community of advocates committed to helping everyone see and understand the intersection of race and equity in America. Kristin Adderson.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Co-lead of Tableau Foundation’s Racial Justice Data Initiative. Since the launch of the Racial Equity Data Hub in February 2021, the Tableau Foundation and its partners have empowered a connected community of advocates committed to helping everyone see and understand the intersection of race and equity in America. Kristin Adderson.

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Data Homeless America Report 98

Candid

JUNE 20, 2023

Comprehensive and public nonprofit demographic data is central to supporting more transparent and informed decision making in our sector. nonprofits and foundations. Our purpose at Candid is to get key information—like this demographic data—into the hands of those who rely on it to guide their decision making.

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This Tableau Public dashboard created by Tableau Ambassador Ethan Lang appears on Project Echelon’s mission website. Other projects the TUG has worked on have supported the veteran healthcare research non-profit HunterSeven Foundation by shedding light on the number of homeless veterans across the U.S.,

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This Tableau Public dashboard created by Tableau Ambassador Ethan Lang appears on Project Echelon’s mission website. Other projects the TUG has worked on have supported the veteran healthcare research non-profit HunterSeven Foundation by shedding light on the number of homeless veterans across the U.S.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

With declines in government funding, many that have historically relied on this source are looking to tap new sources of funding, from individuals, events, foundations and corporations. preventive programs that can reduce the long-term burden on public. homeless family; it is more proactive and cost-effective to focus on.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s okay to apply for a corporate grant and sponsorship at the same time: Is it okay to make an ask for a sponsorship (say, for an event) from a corporation AND separately to that corporation’s independent charitable foundation? – – Too Greedy?

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Grant Homeless Foundation Proposal 69

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Brown, PKF O’Connor Davies and customers from Headwaters Foundation for Justice and Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. Give back to the Denver community by assembling hygiene and health kits, which will be donated to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. Close the circle with thank yous, public acknowledgement, and light touches that aren’t asks. Designate a cheer leader.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

Board match programs in your community that your local community foundation or United Way may offer. Whether they’re doing a science experiment that summer campers might do at camp, serving the homeless a meal, or looking at cells under a microscope in the hospital, bring the front lines of your work. Announce it publicly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. Expand Your Nonprofit Measurement and Data Bookshelf: Here are two recent publications for nonprofits and impact measurement.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Coming from a background in community organizing and public policy — specifically in the anti-rape movement — I understand the importance of effective messaging in advocacy campaigns. Digital media means we have the ability to tell our stories creatively that can help shape public discourse on a scale that wasn’t previously possible.

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Tableau

APRIL 20, 2021

The threat of homelessness due to rent debt is one of the most consequential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. . While rent debt can lead to homelessness, eviction also has far-reaching ramifications. But without strong, compassionate public policy, it’s nearly impossible to protect people with rent debt from eviction. .

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Data Homeless Los Angeles California 52

sgEngage

AUGUST 15, 2024

You might want to illuminate the various public perspectives around homelessness in a specific region. This means stating your intentions, which might be to document or show the many different strategies used by teachers to engage teenagers in health stress management.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. How might we bridge the gap between the private and public sectors? Director, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation. John de la Parra.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. For example, a homeless shelter in my area was given a piece of property in a prestigious community.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 24, 2024

When comparing 2024 to 2020, which also was a presidential election year, all four areas tested in the polling were in negative numbers with private foundations taking the largest hit at 17 points from 2020. Just two of the 16 silos tested were in positive numbers. The two other categories were business and media.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

” To Cutler’s thinking, Adobu’s 30-day construction schedule will change consumer behavior, thanks to the fact that the home can be craned in and installed in less than a day on a foundation constructed in less than two weeks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

A few years ago, a nonprofit executive was bragging to me about a fundraising breakthrough he had when he had gotten a new $5,000 donation from a local foundation and how much effort he, his board, his development director, and others spent wooing and making their case for the contribution. Protecting Arizona's Family Coalition.

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Tableau

JUNE 25, 2021

I believe data can accelerate public discourse, connect advocates, and educate society at large. Earlier this year, we hosted our first virtual Tableau Foundation Summit to bring together our community of non-profit data leaders. achieve the reality of zero homelessness with their data-driven response.

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Analytics Data Business Help 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change. We are taught to create an organizational chart or a program activity graphic or a network diagram of organizations needed to address an issue like homelessness or educational equity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

So, when Pat Brandes from the Barr Foundation sent me this thought piece on building resilience of networks, it resonated on many different levels. Lessons Learned About Resilient Networks from Super Storm Sandy by Pat Brandes, Executive Director, the Barr Foundation. The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To build a meaningful digital advocacy campaign, we must start with real, human stories as to why we’re here and why people should care (think the story of self, the story of us, and the story of now—the Public Narrative framework created by Marshall Ganz). Frankly, people don’t want any more problems.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

I just got out of a session at the 8th Annual Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp about successfully finding and crafting a pitch that will stand out to editors drowning in emails. Some examples Fine provided: My First Night Homeless: A True Story , What It's Like to Spend 12 Years in a California Women's Prison , Being Teacher Jane.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2023

Calculating indirect costs for nonprofit programs can be daunting because organizations often produce social and public goods, not tangible items. Those paying for the service (foundations, corporations, individual donors, government contracts) are not those receiving the service (individuals experiencing homelessness or food insecurity).

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Your nonprofit’s mission is the foundation of everything you do. A nonprofit mission statement also serves as inspiration for employees, donors, and volunteers and provides the public with an overview of the organization’s mission and purpose. It’s your north star, your guiding principle, and your roadmap to changing the world.

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