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What are Matching Grants and Why You Should Want Them

GrantNews

Funds will be awarded on a matching basis for projects that create jobs, initiate new business development, and/or retain existing businesses. Grants of up to $10,000 to eligible ag retailers and cooperatives to support neighborhood projects. Neighborhood Projects and Agricultural Leader ship!

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5 Reasons Many Nonprofits Fail to Reach Their Highest Potential

NonProfit PRO

Unengaged or Improperly Trained Boards Aside from providing fiduciary responsibility and strategic advisory services to your organization, your board and CEO must create a strong partnership. It should inspire enthusiasm, encourage commitment, set standards of excellence, be ambitious but realistic and, most importantly, be measurable.

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From Networking to $13M Raised: What Nonprofit Hiring Really Takes

NonProfit PRO

How do they hire, train, and retain people? Professional development. Appreciation days and casual dress codes. Small gestures, like snacks or Friday half-days. Then study successful nonprofits. What does their internal culture look like? Ask nonprofit consultants, human resource specialists and thought leaders for advice.

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8 Reasons Gift Card Fundraisers Offer Advantages for Schools

Big Fundraising Ideas

With a gift card fundraiser , schools partner with popular retailers, restaurants, and brands to sell their gift cards to parents, students, and community members. This coordinator works closely with the chosen retail partners to set up the program. Redemption: Supporters use the gift cards purchased at the respective retailers.

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Helping Children Through a Scary Time: How QuickBooks from TechSoup Helped CASA

Tech Soup

To ensure that county-specific donations, grants, and expenses could be tracked, the executive director, Wess Robotham, requested a QuickBooks Premier donation from TechSoup (and right away saved more than $300 off the retail price). volunteers perform 35 hours of training before they can become a. How a TechSoup Donation Helped.

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Los Angeles tries to overcome Urban Doom Loop with new Hollywood Boulevard streetscape: this approach almost never works

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

When I was Economic Development / Grants Coordinator for the City of Lynwood, CA in the late ’70s, the “white flight” following the 1965 Civil Unrest in adjacent Watts left the City with almost no retail and lots of vacant buildings like closed Montgomery Wards and Sears stores. with dilapidated and torn blue awnings!

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Newsletter: Landing Your 1st Corporate Partner ; Pretzels for a Cause ; Your Nonprofit's Emails Suck

Selfish Giving

Over at Eventbrite , I share my tips for retaining event sponsors. 12 retailers that could use some positive press right now. Watch for my email newsletter training later this year. Partnership notes ?? ??How's How's this for a long-term partnership? million to fund childhood cancer research. Can your nonprofit help? ??Is