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Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014

Tech Soup

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Shifting power: How the Ford Foundation’s DEI commitment is transforming culture and impact 

Candid

In 2014, the Ford Foundation refined its mission to focus on disrupting inequality by addressing its root causes rather than simply its symptoms. But it is not just who and what we fund that has changed; our priorities have shifted as well : Our programmatic strategies have become more nuanced and explicit about who needs to be included.

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Grants for Business Owners: Purpose-Driven Business Models

GrantNews

To support these efforts, GrantWatch lists grant funding opportunities daily, empowering business owners to make a difference. During a sting operation conducted by BAN between July 2014 and February 2016, the organization followed the journey of 205 electronic items from initial drop-off at recycling centers to their final destinations.

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What is Online Fundraising? A Digital Way Nonprofits Can Increase Support

Blackbaud

Digital campaigns eliminate expenses related to venues, printed materials, and travel, enabling nonprofits to allocate more funds directly to their cause. It was a viral social media campaign in 2014 aimed at raising awareness and funds for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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Attract Funding in 2014 with ClickTime's Web Timesheet Solution

Tech Soup

With that growth comes competition for funds and projects: as a public benefit corporation in the current economy, proving your impact is crucial for survival. This data is immediately collated and stored in a cloud-based system, making funding proposals, donor reporting, annual audits, and organizational planning simpler than ever.

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Grant Writing Tip: Using federal grants to fund building or purchasing/renovating a building

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Most callers are surprised to learn from us that the federal government has relatively few programs to fund building construction or acquisition/renovation of buildings of any type. Congress in effect transferred funding for housing and community facilities from the federal government to the states and large cities/counties.

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Crisis, Climate And Conflict Drove Disaster Philanthropy

The NonProfit Times

New Data from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) while it is not record-level funding, it was the third highest amount since the nonprofit started reporting such data in 2014. The data also showed that the proportion of disaster funding for reconstruction and recovery was higher than in recent years. Funding grew to 301.8

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