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. One way to track those is by setting up a grant calendar. Funding Priority: LGBTQ+.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Threaded conversations, document management, and simple UI, make it easy for teams to collaborate on a grant proposal, communicate constituent needs, and even organize a lunch meet up. #5 Offering a nonprofits discount program that makes the platform free or highly-affordable, Slack is the go-to internal communications platform.

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Product Software Effective Nonprofit 325

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Yesterday, Vincent Stehle, in his column in the Chronicle of Philanthropy took Apple to task for its poor corporate citizen record, compared to the generosity of its competitors like Google, Microsoft, Adobe, and others. Recently, Google has announced a grant of $1.1-million, billion worth of products through TechSoup Global.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

The very nature of philanthropy is based on empathy, compassion, and a strong conviction to improve overall human welfare and quality of life. The existential need for philanthropy indicates that structures exist that fail to meet basic human needs.

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Candid

JUNE 15, 2022

It’s been one year since Candid received the email every nonprofit dreams of: confirmation of your $15 million grant. We applaud the example you have set in demonstrating the power of what has been called trust-based philanthropy. . To MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett, .

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sgEngage

APRIL 21, 2021

If you work in philanthropy, odds are that you have heard some buzz about trust-based philanthropy. Trust-based philanthropy is so far from the compliance-oriented culture of traditional philanthropy that it can raise a lot of eyebrows. Solicit and Act on Feedback: Philanthropy doesn’t have all the answers.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

From my vantage point at Philanthropy Together , a global initiative to scale and strengthen practices of collective giving, its clear more than ever, that we must unite and evolve our collective giving efforts. There are lessons to be learned from giving circles that philanthropists globally can use to strengthen collective action.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Many foundations focus much of their philanthropy work on youth empowerment—and for good reason. Grant Research Tip: While there are more than 100,000 potential grant funders across the United States, they typically are very specific in what they fund and where they fund. Global Fund for Children. Kellogg Foundation.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Grant research tip: When searching for grants, using geography is an effective way to target funders.

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Arts Culture Grant Fund 111

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

. “These things are being released at such a huge, huge scale that it’s going to require major engineering solutions,” said Sarah Zack, an Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Great Lakes Contaminant Specialist who communicates about microplastics to the public. But we need more crops. Can agriculture escape the plastic problem?

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Uganda Raise South Korea Studies 81

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In philanthropy, unlike democracy, there is often no way for people to participate–to share what they think or to influence decisions. People impacted by the grants typically have no say in who gets the funding, for what, how much, and for how long. Those at the top decide. In recent years, that model is being challenged.

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Participatory Grant Foundation Philanthropy 140

NetWits

JUNE 9, 2011

Will funding come in the form of grants, traditional event revenue, donations, or something more radical? For large nonprofits here is some even scarier news: the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported in October of 2010 that donations to the nation’s largest charities dropped 11% last year. 3) The Shift in Donor Attitudes.

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Trend Attitude Charity Fundraising 219

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2010

As a capacity-building organization for the global nonprofit and social benefit sector, we at TechSoup are very conscious of the need to understand and work within different cultural contexts for philanthropy. It is easy to forget that the U.S. A cultural incompatibility with the idea of "charity" in some cases.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 31, 2024

Kate Behncken is corporate vice president, global head of Microsoft Philanthropies, a global, multi-disciplinary team that brings together corporate social responsibility, sales and engineering functions. A good portion of her working life is traveling to see the implementation of Microsoft Philanthropies’ work.

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Philanthropy Global Question Kenya 52

Candid

JULY 21, 2021

Since 2010, Candid and Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) have partnered to produce Advancing Human Rights, an annual report that tracks the evolving state of global human rights philanthropy. In 2018, 826 funders made 27,586 human rights grants totaling $3.7 In 2018, 826 funders made 27,586 human rights grants totaling $3.7

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

” The work, to date, has been primarily funded through donations; Apple gave the organization a grant to build the systems at 131 schools in northern Vietnam, for example. It’s also working on new models that don’t rely on philanthropy, in order to reach more people. There’s global interest. he says.

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Nepal Vietnam Taiwan Massachusetts 75

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

In fact, over the past five years, MMT distributed an average $28 million per year in grants and program-related investment loans, surpassing $500 million with its most recent awards. Stamm noted that the million dollar idea challenge supplements MMT’s existing grant programs and initiatives, rather than supplanting any ongoing funding.

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Oregon Foundation Ideas Philanthropy 140

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2014

GivingTuesday is done it again with its K-12 Philanthropy Curriculum , a set of lesson plans that teachers can use to help their students participate in GivingTuesday by raising money for a local nonprofit. ” This generation is loosely defined as those born after 1995 and who are now 18 and under. The Giving 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Sean Stannard-Stockton has just posted my guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog. This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. You can read it and the comments on the blog here , it’s copied below. “In recent days, Causes has left MySpace and IdeaBlob has shutdown.

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Myspace Causes Philanthropy Social Media 108

Candid

JUNE 9, 2021

This more just and equitable approach to philanthropy has been practiced for decades and the ethos it is based in—that those closest to the problem are the closest to the solutions—has deep roots in community organizing, deliberative democracy, and even in philanthropy itself. . The vast majority support human rights. .

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Community Problem Participatory Philanthropy 119

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Traditional funding sources, such as government grants and philanthropic donations, are becoming increasingly unpredictable. Advancements in AI translation and community moderation tools will facilitate increased global collaboration. Civil societys future will be shaped by evolving funding models and donor expectations.

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Problem Disaster Paraguay Resource 92

Candid

JULY 2, 2024

Two days after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the Boston Foundation set up a special fund to provide rapid-response support to local nonprofits serving communities disproportionately affected by the outbreak. Over 10 weeks, we distributed 181 grants totaling $4.5

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Participatory Community Grant Boston 105

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

and all over the world, that focus on essential topics like: Fundraising & Grants. Global delegates. Fundraising & Grants / #IFC2016 / @TheResAlliance. Fundraising & Grants. Philanthropy Southwest 2016 Annual Conference. Philanthropy Southwest 2016 Annual Conference. Fundraising & Grants.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2024

Whether you’ve been updating your forms or waiting for the next grant cycle, we have several sessions to help you streamline your application process, saving time for both you and your applicants. Audrey Kidwell from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy will share her experience leading change management efforts at her organization.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Grant research tip: When searching for grants, using geography is an effective way to target funders.

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Arts Grant Culture Fund 73

Candid

JULY 27, 2022

Candid also alerts the cohort of nearly 900 funders who share their grants data with us. We inform them that we are tracking a particular crisis and invite them to send us information about their grants related to the crisis. For grant seekers, the data shows who’s providing funds to address a crisis.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

According to the 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report from Microsoft and LinkedIn , the use of generative AI has nearly doubled in the last six months with 75% of global workers reporting using it. The pace and volume of work has increased leaving 46% reporting that they feel burned out.*

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Nonprofit Language Donor Tools 262

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

The Lavelle Fund exemplifies the tremendous social return that bold philanthropy can create. Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

This post was written by Crystal Schimpf, a webinar producer at TechSoup Global. View the archived recording of the Got Grants? This webinar, Got Grants? Finding Funding with the Foundation Center , provided a good overview for both beginning and experienced grant seekers. million grants. webinar on ReadyTalk.

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Foundation Grant Fund Database 57

Candid

AUGUST 6, 2024

A billion dollars, an order of magnitude greater than the foundation’s record-setting $100 million annual grant program , checked all those boxes. Big bet philanthropy has gone mainstream Five years later, we’ve achieved our goal and then some. Big bet philanthropy has gone mainstream. Kellogg Foundation, and others.

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Philanthropy Change Intergenerational Grant 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

An Interview with Fanny Villiers , Directora General of Donadora – an official partner of the Global Trends in Giving Report ( en español ). Mexican people are very generous in their private circle, but when it comes to philanthropy, the bad reputations of some of the large NGOs hinders the growth in online giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

Submitted by Heather McLeod Grant, senior consultant at the Monitor Institute and a principal contributor to Working Wikily. Vince Stehle of Surdna was present, along with Chris Gates of PACE ( Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement ); and there were some grassroots organizers such as ACORN in breakout sessions.

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Grant Reflection Personal YouTube 90

Candid

MAY 4, 2022

The COVID-19 crisis has shined a spotlight on the value of philanthropy and, for this reason, many foundation representatives believe society at large will expect philanthropy to address global distress in the future. International giving was not limited within the borders of Europe, however. in the DRC and 1.4%

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Case Study Europe Practice Studies 98

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Fundraising & Grants/ @CASEAdvance. Fundraising & Grants. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675. Fundraising & Grants / #CPI2019 / @NorCalGrant. Fundraising & Grants. Fundraising & Grants / #P2PForum18 / @P2PForum.

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Conference Calendar Nonprofit Las Vegas 111

Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

A philanthropy insider once shared during a presentation that foundations develop guidelines so they know to whom to say “no.” I am reminded of that tendency now as we release Candid and Ariadne’s new funder’s guide about the why and how of climate justice, Centering equity and justice in climate philanthropy.

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Guidelines Philanthropy Participatory Case Study 105

Candid

APRIL 14, 2022

Since March 11, when Candid last looked at the global philanthropic response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, human suffering and economic devastation has only increased. In the meantime, individuals, governments, and private philanthropy fund relief on the ground, trying to keep up with displacement and need on a massive scale.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Foundations that give grants to non-U.S. time-consuming, steps before and/or after the grant is made to verify. time-consuming, steps before and/or after the grant is made to verify. foundation grants for your international work, join the conversation in a live chat on Tuesday, February 26 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

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