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Celebrating Black history and Black futures

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From kitchen tables to campuses of Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Juneteenth is well revered in the Black community as an important narrative thread with a rich and complex tapestry. This blog provides a brief overview of Juneteenth and the role that HBCUs have played as guardians of Black history and Black futures. .

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A clarion call to invest in historically Black colleges and universities

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In 1837 Richard Humphreys established the African Institute, now Cheyney University, in Pennsylvania making it the oldest historically Black university in the United States. As a proud alum of Howard University and Fisk University, I understand how critical HBCUs are in the professional and personal development of generations.

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Colleges & Universities Choose Salesforce to Accelerate Advancement ROI

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In the most financially challenging time in the history of higher education, proving the value of your technology investments is more important than ever before. Morehouse University , the only historically Black liberal arts college in the U.S. By 2030, the University of Portsmouth aims to be the top modern university in the U.K.

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

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For every $100 foundations give to an Ivy League school, how many dollars do you think foundations give to a historically Black college and university (HBCU)? Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. In fact, large U.S.

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The Top 4 Things You Missed at Dreamforce 2021

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We spotlighted the work that GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance , is doing with Nonprofit Cloud to power the COVAX Collaboration Platform , otherwise known as the largest vaccine operation in history. Tom also shared incredible success metrics the university has seen since using Education Cloud.

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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

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Uplifting historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) Shaw University, located in Raleigh, NC, was the first HBCU organized in the South and is the birthplace of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). At Howard University, we used to sing the song during convocation. Panelist Dr. Steven E.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

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Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent). Organization’s Founding Date/History. There is a long history of questioning how to address inefficient processes in the charitable sector, including grant application and reporting processes that siphon precious time away from nonprofits doing important work.

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