The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Imagine, for example, if nonprofits could use funding earmarked for housing services to address the underlying issues leading to homelessness, such as substance use or mental health disorders. That leaves us in the challenging position of essentially cobbling together funding to address our community’s most pressing needs.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

At one point in time, enacting their value to address homelessness in your area may translate to grants to homeless shelters. They may wish to build good will with their employees, clients, or the general public. They may need to whitewash their reputation, especially if they’ve recently received negative press.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 23, 2012

Nonprofits fight poverty, provide great venues for art and music, challenge homelessness, help organize civic life, promote the common good and a host of other functions that puts human community and the common good before profits and a narrow band of investors. Most nonprofits don’t think of themselves as a political organization.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 3, 2014

'HACKtivation'' Matches Tech Talent With Nonprofit Groups | San Francisco Public Press : While the tech community continues to be demonized across San Francisco, nearly 100 mostly tech workers acted as angels last weekend by donating their expertise to a dozen nonprofit organizations that help the homeless.'

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

Day, designated as a National Day of Service, I was interviewed by Meghan McCarty Carino for National Public Radio about how organizations have adjusted their MLK Day of Service plans given the pandemic. In anticipation of today, the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2021

Meanwhile, your colleague is exploring ways to end homelessness in your city or tackle the opioid crisis. In community benefit, the triennial Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and yearly implementation plan solicit input from diverse voices about the most pressing pain points and ways to address them.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

On public computers. If you offer computer use to your constituents — like a library computer lab or desktop access at a homeless shelter — Ultralingua is a great tool to help those for whom English is a second language. Make translating content on brochures, mailings, and press releases easier. In communications.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 22, 2011

Report on Community Internet Space for People who are Homeless released  Open Access Connections : "Report on Community Internet Space for People who are Homeless released “I speak to many homeless individuals, being one myself. One of the most pressing problems is our limited access to technology.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

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. Determine the best type of question, like multiple choice, Likert scale, open or closed ended, short text, or long text.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2015

Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup, builds apps that help communities solve pressing issues. Collaborating with Public Libraries. I was happy to hear from Joseph that he and his team members have started working directly with public libraries on cleaning up the data about the various locations.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

Send a press release announcing your new board members to your local newspaper and business journal and post on LinkedIn and social networks. 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.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

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. Superman as a Public School English Teacher: Day 1 (Satire). Don't blanket the entire Internet with a press release.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Or to help you eliminate your waiting list so every homeless person can get medical care. Public speaking is one of the best ways to spread the word about your cause and get in front of prospective donors. And with a little help from social media, even a story in a hyperlocal publication can take flight.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

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. The responses were clear: climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and it should be an urgent priority for us all to act. Why Climate Justice?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Somewhere during the frenzied media coverage of Hurricane Sandy, the press stopped using the word “hurricane.” The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000. Up and down the nation’s most densely populated corridor it caused damage currently estimated at $50 billion.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

You know this, and so does the general public. Meeting a pressing need. Using heartstring words like “homeless,” “abandoned,” “deserving,” “malnourished,” “unjust,” “innocent,” etc., Doesn’t “deserving homeless veterans” tug at your heart more than just “veterans”? Let’s look at it another way. Changing the world.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 22, 2024

They seek to improve their local communities, enhance their public image, and align their brands with positive causes. This partnership offers mutual benefits: your nonprofit gains funding, while the company receives brand visibility and positive publicity. Companies are more likely to donate if they see value in the collaboration.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

At one point in time, enacting their value to address homelessness in your area may translate to grants to homeless shelters. They may wish to build good will with their employees, clients, or the general public. They may need to whitewash their reputation, especially if they’ve recently received negative press.

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Grant Homeless Proposal Foundation 54

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

As well as the publicity - it led to the creation of the online petition. From a presentation by www.jamkit.com Pre and post-election blog by homeless writer as campaign tactic [link] Greenpeace Ocean Defenders campaign ???weblogdirect this is part of the process. Here and here ). Our volunteers blogs on www.do-it.org.uk it.org.uk ???

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Nonprofits might also have access to data that others do not (such as numbers surrounding homelessness, food donations etc.). Even creating press releases about data may be useful. Events are press-worthy and should have a press release to go with them. Don’t forget to use a custom hashtag for twitter too.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

I’m proud of our partnerships with the Homeless Service Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, UCSC, the Chamber of Commerce, and other organizations that are at the heart of the Santa Cruz identity. Events generate media, focus public attention, and catalyze social energy. Instead, we find that they do return—for more events.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Often, nonprofits choose to center this theme around their greatest win or biggest, most pressing need. A homeless shelter starts an initiative to get more beneficiaries into permanent housing and jobs. To foster trusting relationships with supporters and comply with regulations, you must remain transparent and authentic.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

I just feel really fortunate to be able to be here at POWER, as one organization that creates a space for working class people of color to come together, to find their voice, and then actually to begin exercising that voice in the public domain. Steve Williams: When I was in college I did a lot of service work around homelessness issues.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men recently added some engagement to their Raisin’ the Rent event with virtual house parties ! Press releases. You can also reach out to parents who work in marketing or public relations and see if they have any contacts that may be interested in writing a story on your nonprofit! Social media.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Instead of multiple phone calls back and forth, they can just enter their information on your online form and press “submit.” Want a simple fundraising event idea that can not only be done virtually but also cultivate a wide breadth of publicity and participants? Leverages common tools. Host a virtual endurance event!

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 28, 2015

ending chronic homelessness"), we measure lots of things. I''ve been thinking about all of this recently because I''m in the midst of negotiating a partnership with a for-profit real estate developer to enhance a public plaza adjacent to my museum. More good things to strive for, less clarity in achieving them.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

You might do this with news or press releases and radio interviews, you may be looking at the reach and the listening audience to say, “How many people did you engage?” So maybe you got 20 people off the streets who were living homeless in your community, and that was 30% of the homeless population that you’re aware of.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

You know that compelling stories get you donations, sharing, and publicity, but you’re probably thinking — “I don’t have a sexy story” or “I don’t know how to tell a compelling story”. For example, Project Renewal helps homeless people get off the streets. Think of them as your own publicity team. Create a sexy story.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

In addition to winning grants and prizes, the winners will compete for additional awards, which will be decided in a “Fan Favorite” public vote, so vote away! Twitter: @SwipesHQ ) Full disclosure: Much of the text of this post comes from a press release I received from the Case Foundation. Twitter: @BreakingHeels ) 2.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

However, in their press release dated the same day, the Federal Reserve Board included the following statement, “The Board recognizes the critical role that nonprofit organizations play throughout the economy and is evaluating a separate approach to meet their unique needs.”. . $3B What Is Not Included in the HEROES Act.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

Craigconnects focuses on six core issues : military families and veterans, accurate and honest journalistic practices, public diplomacy, open government, consumer protection, and technology for the common good. Craigsconnect has also supported the Tenderloin Tech Lab, a computer lab that serves low-income and homeless people in San Francisco.

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