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How to Create an Engaging Nonprofit Impact Report

Ann Green

Choose photos of people participating in an activity, such as volunteers working at a food pantry or a one-to-one tutoring session. Use everyday language such as Because of you, we found affordable housing for over 100 homeless families. Engage them with some great photos , which can tell a story in an instant.

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Investing in Creativity as Social Infrastructure

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Traditional policy solutions have failed to reverse these trends, yet there's growing evidence that investing in local creative activities can help repair the countrys frayed social fabric. Yet many Americans lack the time and resources to participate in cultural activities.

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Beyond fundraising: How building community strengthens nonprofit sustainability

Candid

Trust is the cornerstone herean active, vocal community builds credibility for your nonprofits mission. Strategies for building community Most nonprofits emerge out of a clear community need (think food banks, homeless shelters, health-focused foundations). What better way to break through all the digital noise?

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Being Outside: The Importance of Centering Black Leadership in the Climate Justice Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

Science and environmentalism feel like modern-day Jim Crow career fields that systematically disenfranchise the very communities these fields often claim to protect and uplift: communities affected the most by climate disaster, food insecurity, homelessness, and lack of recreational outdoor access. Activism is healing for many of us.

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How to Raise Funds for a New Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

We had some existing fundraising activities for me to build upon, fortunately. I tweaked those activities, and money started pouring in! Other Activities: What do your volunteers do when they’re not working? What types of volunteer activities do they like? And you know what? I realized I was good at fundraising!

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Calling All Donors (and Would-Be Donors): The Vital US Nonprofit Sector Is Under Threat and Must Be Protected

NonProfit Quarterly

Officials and advocates are increasingly attacking philanthropic and charitable organizations on ideological grounds, with calls to strip their tax status or pen investigations based on the substance of their ideas, rather than the legality and appropriateness of their charitable activities. Have you walked on a trail through beautiful woods?

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Executive Director

Anedot

During that time, we’ve refined and optimized our processes to offer a unique and highly impactful service to those living homeless while housed. Develop and manage relationships with key donors, community contacts, nonprofit directors, and grant makers in the homeless/social service area.