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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

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Meet Natasha Piñeiros Natasha Piñeiros grew up in Ecuador and moved to New Jersey at 13 years old. After college, she began a job as a Dean of Scholar Support at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. As a new board member of Mary’s Pence, Natasha was ready to make a difference.

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Americans' Urge to Help Overcomes Lock Down Limitations

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Thousands of COVID-19 volunteers and donated essential supplies are matched with states’ needs through an innovative pro bono tech and volunteer partnership BOULDER, CO, April 9, 2020 – Americans are no strangers to disasters. Sterling Volunteers will provide free background checks for COVID-19 volunteers and responders.

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Back to school: JMU parent helps improve university’s COVID-19 dashboard

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As James Madison University (JMU) prepared for Fall 2020 classes, freshman parent and Tableau Partner, Lee Feinberg, volunteered to help improve the school’s Stop The Spread dashboard. Editor's note: this story was originally published on James Madison University News. . Parent volunteer helps revamp COVID-19 dashboard.

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

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Here are a few questions to get you started: What is an appropriate ask amount for a nonprofit who has never been funded by your foundation? Candid’s Foundation Directory Essential is a fast, easy-to-use tool that offers you free instant access to 100,000 U.S. foundation profiles. Here are a few of them.

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Weekly update from PND

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Miami, Detroit, the New York City metro/New Jersey area, the San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia, and Boston. Giving rate back up, but volunteering rate still down in 2021. cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Druckenmillers commit $100 million to Memorial Sloan Kettering. January 12, 2022.

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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

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I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

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NJ Spotlight | Giving Site Makes It Easier to Volunteer for Health Charities

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NJ Spotlight | Giving Site Makes It Easier to Volunteer for Health Charities : This nationwide philanthropic organization is likened to United Way, because Community Health Charities (CHC) raises money from employees during annual workplace campaigns. The money CHC raises -- about $65 million last year, including $1.3

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