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Supporting Latinx nonprofits by training leaders and fundraisers 

Candid

Meanwhile, thousands of small and midsize Latinx-focused nonprofits are serving our communitiesfrom a womens shelter in Chicago to a scholarship program in Tucson. Latinx nonprofit staff need a unique sense of familia , safety, and empowerment that speaks to our experience with giving, money, womens leadership, and more.

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TuSimple is laying the groundwork for a coast-to-coast autonomous trucking network

The Verge

The company will start by building on its existing partnership with UPS hauling cargo for it between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, adding cities in Texas like El Paso, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. But expansions take money — lots of money. coast-to-coast autonomous trucking network.

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Self-driving trucks startup TuSimple raises $350M from US rail, retail and freight giants

TechCrunch

TuSimple also operates an engineering center and truck depot in Tucson and more recently set up a facility in Texas to support its autonomous trips —always with a human safety operator behind the wheel. It’s unclear what TuSimple’s new post-money valuation is. TuSimple also has operations in Beijing and Shanghai. .

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, stay away from using general hashtags, such as #beautiful and #happy, and instead narrow your focus to hashtags relevant specific to your nonprofit, such as causes ( #foodinsecurity ), special campaigns ( #endfoodwaste ), your location ( #Tucson ), and relevant emojis ( # – that’s right! Emojis can be hashtags).

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The voice and vision of the volunteer

ASU Lodestar Center

Everyone loves to save money, but when is saving money more important than taking care of the people that help implement and accomplish the ever-changing objectives and strategic plans? The main distinction was that nonprofits existed not to make money and for-profits existed to make money and as much of it as possible.

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Ursa Major lands order for 200 rocket engines from Phantom Space

TechCrunch

We’re putting our money on the small mass manufacture of mass-produced launchers as being both the more cost effective and ultimately, the more efficient way to get small satellites into orbit.”. Ursa Major’s Hadley engine recently delivered to Phantom undergoing checkout at Phantom’s Tucson facility. Source: Ursa Major.

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Priceless Board Members

ASU Lodestar Center

Some Board Members can give lots of money, whether it be their own or that from their company, and come with tremendous financial support. Well then send these Board Members out in the community because people like hearing from volunteers sharing a story, rather than a staff member pitching for money.