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Jimmy Carter's Legacy as a Champion of Peace, Public Health, and Affordable Housing

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Prest Courtesy Carter Center Former President Jimmy Carter visited Ghana in 2007 as part of work by the Carter Center to eradicate Guinea worm worldwide. In his post-presidency, the Georgia native helped build the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity into nonprofit powerhouses. "He

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Contributions To DAFs, Distributions Both Decline

The NonProfit Times

The National Philanthropic Trust began tracking donor-advised fund data in 2007. The data file includes records from 1,293 DAF sponsors which operated during at least some of the period since 2007. The report is based on data collected during 2024 about DAFs and their charitable sponsors in fiscal year 2023.

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NPOs Consistently Better Than For-Profits on Jobs

The NonProfit Times

percent from 2007 through 2010 — which includes the December 2007–June 2009 recession. In the nonprofit sector, industry shares of employment showed little change from 2007 to 2022. It was the second crisis where nonprofits beat for-profits on jobs. Nonprofit employment jumped 5.5% percent); other services (6.3

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Free Webinar: An Introduction to SharePoint 2007 - July 22

Tech Soup

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a comprehensive set of tools that — when supported and deployed well — can help nonprofits and libraries simplify collaborative efforts, organize documents and institutional knowledge, and manage electronic content. Microsoft makes SharePoint available for donation to eligible organizations through TechSoup.

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Power of Storytelling | Harmony for Change: The Global Impact of Playing For Change

Pamela Grow

Mayer, reflecting on his song in 2007, expressed the need to start a debate about our tendency to passively await change. Playing For Change aims to provide arts education to marginalized youth in 17 countries. The organization believes in the transformative power of music as a tool for social change.

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[Webinar] From Year-End Fundraising to Year-Round Engagement

CauseVox

Farra has led dozens of organizations through major brand overhauls, fundraising campaigns, and much more since joining Big Duck in 2007. She directs Big Duck’s marketing and business development efforts, seeking to build relationships with nonprofits who want to use communications to achieve their mission.

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To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting

Candid

Add “Please redo this paragraph with citations,” to the prompt and you get: Engaging in the arts is crucial for youth development as evidenced by numerous studies. Research has shown that artistic expression fosters creativity, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence (Winner, 2014; Hetland et al., 2013)… …and so on.

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