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Grants Supporting Pet Adoption and Animal Welfare

GrantNews

According to a 2021 study, 80% of all shelters have faced limited resources and underfunding. PreK-9 Educators for Classroom Pets Funding for PreK-9 educators to offset the costs of acquiring guinea pigs, lizards, hamsters, fish, and other small pets, setting up classroom habitats, and supporting continued maintenance.

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April is National Volunteer Month. Do you know where your volunteers are? 

Candid

volunteer rate fell significantly between September 2020 and September 2021 , although recent data shows it rebounded to 28.8% Effective strategies include providing quality training, as well as matching opportunities to volunteers skills and experiences and recognizing their accomplishments. According to the U.S. in 2022-23.

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American Red Cross Sued Claiming Haitian Relief Funds Misused

The NonProfit Times

This exploitation mirrors the actions of the defendants in this case, who leveraged the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake, and several subsequent earthquakes, and other natural disasters occurring in 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2023, to raise over five-hundred millions of dollars in donations, purportedly for relief efforts in Haiti.

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Proven strategies for engaging and retaining volunteers

Candid

Census Bureau and AmeriCorps, between September 2020 and September 2021 formal volunteerism across the United States fell to its lowest rate in nearly three decades. Financial factors can include the higher cost of education and growing student debt, stagnant wages, the rising cost of living, and volatile inflation rates.

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The Rise of Community Health Workers: A Best Practice for Modern Community Benefit Initiatives

Blackbaud

CHWs build individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy. Charitable donations and grants help hospitals hire and train more CHWs, increasing their reach within underserved communities.

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Nevada Grant Lab

RBW Strategy

RBW Strategy has partnered with Nevada GrantLab (NGL) since 2021 on several large-scale federal grant projects. These projects generally involve more than one partner and include other higher education, nonprofit, and/or municipal government partner(s) as part of a tri-party agreement with another entity.

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New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members

Gail Perry Group

In addition, I resolve to educate myself about fundraising - how it works today in this changing world and what works best for us. As for me, I won't suggest a new fundraising idea or project without first understanding its potential impact on our staffing and volunteer resources.