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Is Your Donor Engagement Actually Engaging?

Ann Green

Most of your donors dont have a medical or social services background. They dont use terms like food insecurity, at-risk populations, and underserved communities and neither should you. Instead of writing about food insecurity, give an example of a single mother choosing between buying groceries and paying the heating bill.

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How we all benefit from nonprofits every day 

Candid

In addition, the government contracts with nonprofits to provide health and medical services to the public via Medicaid and Medicare, so what looks like a government benefit is actually being provided through nonprofit services. Many organizations deliver hot food and provide transportation, classes, and outings for seniors.

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LA Wildfires: How You Can Help

Bloomerang

Direct Relief: This organization is working with emergency response agencies and healthcare providers in Los Angeles to provide needed medical resources and other essential aid. The Salvation Army : The Salvation Army is providing shelter, food, emotional support, and other vital services to those displaced by the fires.

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Disaster Recovery Requires Community Care—But Also Government Support

NonProfit Quarterly

Though the region hadnt experienced a disaster of this magnitude since Ashevilles Great Flood of 1916which was described as one of the worst natural disasters in the recorded history of western North Carolina BeLoved Asheville , a nonprofit focusing on combating systemic racism and food and housing insecurity, was able to hit the ground running.

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Volunteer and Food Pantry Coordinator

Anedot

Job Title: Volunteer and Food Pantry Coordinator Status: Part time, non-exempt hourly. Located in beautiful Novato/Marin County/CA, our workplace culture is driven by our five values: teamwork and collaboration, equity, excellence, integrity, and learning and continuous improvement. 16 hours per week.

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NPOs Keeping Human Touch Amid Tech And AI

The NonProfit Times

Joanne Pike, and Susannah Schaefer.) ** LAS VEGAS — Technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming discovery and treatment for medical breakthroughs but should not replace the human element of care. Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments to patients. (Caption: From left Nancy Brown, Wayne A.

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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

This disparity is all the more striking considering the magnitude of challenges here, even before the stormbroadband, health care, and food deserts; intergenerational poverty born from extraction; and the ongoing opioid crisis. million was disbursed, despite much more being pledged. And thats just two of 2024s storms.