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More than ever, businesses and organizations want to stand for something. They want to plant a flag in their community and work toward solving real problems. This goes beyond writing a check-it's about establishing an identity independent of your products and services, one that aligns with the values of both your customers and employees.
When you want to make an impact, the hard part is knowing how to get started.
That's where Rackspace found itself...
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Les organisations internationales humanitaires (OIH), qu'elles soient intergouvernementales ou non gouvernementales, sont devenues un acteur incontournable des interventions à la suite de catastrophes naturelles ou de conflits armés. L'importance grandissante de leur rle dans la protection des civils s'explique notamment par la croissance du nombre de catastrophes dans les dernières décennies et par les incidences des conflits sur les populations.
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Practical and Hard-Earned Fundraising Solutions That Charities of Any Size Can Use The Ultimate Fundraising Case Study is a raw, unfiltered, hold-nothing-back look into the grind of a real fundraising campaign. It makes no pie-in-the-sky promises about guaranteed fundraising success. Instead of fluff, you'll get 12 super-practical fundraising takeaways you can start using immediately. Each takeaway is based on the bruising experience of a truly grassroots...
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Tyler Cowen is professor of economics at George Mason University. His books include Creative Destruction (Princeton) and Create Your Own Economy. He frequently writes for the New York Times, Slate, and the economics blog Marginal Revolution.
Americans agree about government arts funding in the way the women in the old joke agree about the food at the wedding: it's terrible--and such small portions! Americans typically either want to abolish the...
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The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization focused on alleviating problems caused by poverty in New York City. Michael M. Weinstein is the Foundation's senior vice president, and Ralph M. Bradburd was a long-time consultant. Together, they worked to develop a metric-based approach called 'relentless monetization,' which made sure the money they took in and granted out was used effectively and resulted in long-term change. In this book,...
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The life stage model is a powerful tool for understanding - objectively - your organization's current status and preparing it to move ahead to the future. This useful guide helps you understand where your organization is in its life and how to avoid unnecessary struggles and act on opportunities to boost your organization's development.
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We are entering a new era-an era of impact. The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history will soon be under way, bringing with it the potential for huge increases in philanthropic funding. Engine of Impact shows how nonprofits can apply the principles of strategic leadership to attract greater financial support and leverage that funding to maximum effect. As Good to Great author Jim Collins writes in his foreword, this book offers "a...
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Innovation and Scaling for Impact forces us to reassess how social sector organizations create value. Drawing on a decade of research, Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair transcend widely held misconceptions, getting to the core of what a sound impact strategy entails in the nonprofit world. They reveal an overlooked nexus between investments that might not pan out (innovation) and expansion based on existing strengths (scaling). In the process, it...
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Webster's New World Grant Writing Handbook walks readers through every step of the grant writing process-from defining the project and getting and interpreting a foundation's guidelines to submitting and following up on the grant application. With clear, concise explanations, thorough coverage, illustrative examples, and expert advice, this helpful, complete resource gives grant writers all the information and guidance they need to succeed.
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A Practical Framework for Positive Social Change In 1987, Anne Firth Murray had the idea that funding should go to grassroots women's organizations around the globe and that the recipients themselves should decide how to use that money. From that idea, The Global Fund for Women was born. The organization became a major force for good in the world, embodying a new paradigm of philanthropy. In these pages, Murray shares her wisdom, offering guidelines...
31) Plan It!
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The Perfect Planning Guide for Book clubs! The African American author is often overworked, overlooked and underrated. That coupled with the closing of many bookstores, which had long been the gathering place for these authors, and the emergence of E-readers, has changed the way in which our writers and readers meet and converse. Though book clubs have long been a cornerstone of the African American community, at no other time in our history has it...
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Family foundations are a huge part of the American tradition of giving. But in this era of onerous regulations and media scrutiny, foundation philanthropy is trickier to navigate than ever before.
Complex family dynamics can combine to create a reality in which investing foundation assets becomes, confusing, stressful, and unrewarding. This experience should be gratifying and enjoyable for everyone involved-and it can be, with the right guidance,...
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Starting out young and inexperienced, but with entrepreneurial inclinations and a desire to create opportunities for others who were less fortunate to improve their lives, Jim McClelland led Goodwill Industries in central Indiana for 41-years. During those four decades, the Indianapolis-based organization grew and evolved into a large, diversified social enterprise that employed over 3,000 people, two-thirds of them with barriers such as a significant...
34) Crossing Borders - Sharing Journeys: Effective Capacity Building with Immigrant and Refugee Groups
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A growing number of nonprofit organizations have been created by immigrants and refugees to serve their communities in North America. These immigrant- and refugee-led organizations (IRLOs) work to provide services and meet a variety of needs, while at the same time building the infrastructure of these communities. Through a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Innovation Fund, Fieldstone Alliance initiated the two-year project in January 2004....
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Accelerate Your Impact: 10 Ways to Fuel Your Nonprofit's Fundraising Engine has been crafted by experienced fundraising professionals for non-profit leaders to give them a look into the future of fundraising leadership. General Editor Trent Ricker and chapter contributors Gary Cole, Allison Lewis Lodhi, Tony Smercina, and Curt Swindoll explore the ins and outs of current best practices in fundraising. Included in its pages are practical ways to develop...
36) Corporate Social Investing: The Breakthrough Strategy for Giving & Getting Corporate Contributions
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Details a practical, 10-step plan that can create exciting new relationships between businesses and nonprofits. Weeden's plan could generate an additional $3 billion a year in corporate support for vital causes, improving quality of life for millions, while at the same time bolstering corporate profits. Offers essential advice for businesses planning their corporate social investing strategies and nonprofits seeking corporate support. Corporate philanthropy...
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Written by fundraising experts Tom Ahern and Simone Joyaux, Keep Your Donors is a new, winning guide to making disappointing donor retention rates a thing of the past. This practical and provocative book will show you how to master the strategies and tactics that make fundraising communications profitable. Filled with case studies and based in part on the CFRE and AFP job analyses, Keep Your Donors is your definitive guide to getting new donorsand...
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• Everything a group needs, from first inspiration to closing night
• Makes the complexities of a theatrical production easy for a non-pro to master
• Filled with amusing, enlightening anecdotes from producers, directors, and players.
Stop fussing with bake sales and overpriced gift wrap! The real money in fundraising-and the real fun in fundraising-is in putting on a show. A theatrical show can raise significant sums and, at the same time,...
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Browning gives you everything you need to get started with your grant application. She helps you move through the grant-writing process and apply for some of the billions of dollars available from public and private sector sources. From creating a strategic plan to using online databased and applying for e-grants, you'll learn new ways to get the funding you need.
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If you are one of the millions who regularly attend religious services, you are undoubtedly aware of the profound effect your church, synagogue, mosque, or temple has on your life. Your religious congregation is likely involved in celebratory occasions such as births, marriages, and religious holidays, as well as in times of misfortune, illness, or the death of a loved one. Therefore, it is important to have input into the major decisions that your...