It's Time For The 2015 DoGooder National Video Awards
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 16, 2015
If you''ve created a video that has helped spread your message or cause, the DoGooder National Video Awards wants to see what you’ve got!'
What gives in Nebraska? The Buffett effect and a culture of giving
Candid
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
That’s one of the findings from Dollars and Change: A Look at Individual and Institutional Giving Across the United States From 2015 to 2022 , a report released in September by Candid, GivingTuesday, and Network for Good. These grantmakers account for about 17% of all grant dollars awarded to Nebraska-based nonprofits.
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What do the mega gifts of 2024 say about giving?
Candid
JANUARY 6, 2025
According to Dollars and Change , a report from Candid, GivingTuesday, and Network for Good, total dollars awarded and average grant or gift size increased between 2015 and 2022. And Steve and Alex Cohen awarded $116.2 Those gifts are in addition to the $640 million she awarded in the first quarter of the year.
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Award Grants Provide an Opportunity to Honor Those Most Deserving
GrantNews
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Award grants provide an opportunity to honor those most deserving. Award grants may not solve the bigger problem, but at least you have the chance to do something on a smaller, individual scale to show your appreciation to someone deserving of praise. ” Below is a list provided by GrantWatch of award grants and other support.
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TechSoup's Netsquared Organizers Win 2015 NTENny Awards
Tech Soup
MARCH 19, 2015
This year Netsquared's own Eli van der Giessen, Birgit Pauli-Haack, and Regina Walton won NTENny awards, as well as Lauren Girardin and our beloved colleague, Michael DeLong, who passed away this past year. What Are the NTENny Awards Again? There's plenty of amping up the awesome at TechSoup this year.
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How America gives: Who funds what causes and where?
Candid
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
In this article, we highlight key insights from our report, Dollars and Change: A Look at Individual and Institutional Giving Across the United States From 2015 to 2022 , which combines data from Candid, GivingTuesday, and Network for Good. Who gives to what causes? Cause area determined by recipient NTEE. Source: Data from Candid.
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Win a Trip to bbcon — Award Nominations Open Through September 21
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
The Blackbaud Impact Awards recognize nonprofit professionals using technology to power their passions and meet their missions. The awards will be presented at bbcon 2015, Blackbaud's annual conference for nonprofits , being held October 26–28 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Fundraising Dynamo Award.
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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs
Candid
MAY 9, 2023
foundations steadily decreased their support of HBCUs, in terms of both percentage of total giving and grant dollars awarded. The number of large foundations awarding grants to HBCUs also decreased during this time. billion in philanthropic dollars from 2015 to 2019, compared with HBCUs’ $303 million. In fact, large U.S.
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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?
ProposalPRO
AUGUST 1, 2021
The overwhelming majority of government grants are awarded by a panel of outside reviewers, including 80% of the grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and over 90% of those awarded by the National Science Foundation or NSF (Bendiscioli, 2019). 2016, Danthi et al., 2014, Berg, 2013).
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2015 Jim Lynch Award Winner — Kyle Wiens of iFixit
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 2, 2015
Each year the Electronics Reuse Conference awards a lifetime achievement award in my name (it's a long story on how that came to be). This year the award went to Kyle Wiens, the co-founder of iFixit. Kyle is only 30 years old but has done quite a lot already in his career.
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Applying the Stages of Group Development to Grants
Grant Professionals Association
DECEMBER 11, 2024
The team members are excited, and maybe a bit intimidated, about applying for the grant and, hopefully, being awarded. million in foundation, corporate, federal, federated, and local government funding since 2015. This is the stage when work plans are developed, and a meeting cadence is established. Shauna has secured $2.5
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Share Your Green Tech Story and Win a Laptop or Tablet!
Tech Soup
MARCH 30, 2015
April 1, 2015. The April 2015 TechSoup Green Tech Story Challenge (the "Challenge"). Challenge submission opens April 1, 2015 at 8:00:01 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) and ends April 17, 2015 at 11:59:59 p.m. Official Rules. Sponsored by TechSoup Global (" Sponsor "), 435 Brannan St., Challenge Schedule.
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A crash course on trends analysis using Candid’s Foundation 1000 data set
Candid
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
At Candid, we collect data on millions of grants and other transactions awarded by hundreds of thousands of funders across the globe. In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. Notes: “All transactions” are limited to those awarded by U.S.
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Love to Learn Tech Tips in Person? NetSquared Is for You!
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Thursday, November 5, 2015. Friday, November 6, 2015. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 2015 Tech Impact Awards Luncheon. Saturday, November 7, 2015. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 2015 Tech Impact Awards Luncheon. Monday, November 9, 2015.
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Working Toward Internet Access for Everyone
Tech Soup
JULY 17, 2015
The June 2015 FCC proposal calls for an expansion of Lifeline to provide low-income households with a choice of subsidized phone service or broadband Internet access. In addition to NTEN's fellowship project, NTEN's March 2015 edition of its quarterly journal, Change, is devoted largely to digital inclusion. Citizens Online.
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Normalizing seeking support for mental health takes collective action
Candid
MAY 19, 2021
Candid’s data shows that between 2018 and 2020, 10,337 funders awarded 44,665 grants valued at $9.8 Number of Grants Awarded. Between 2015 and 2021, AWF has awarded $905,000 in grants for mental health. billion to mental health causes.* And we expect this number to increase as more data from 2020 is collected. Foundation.
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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!
Candid
JULY 27, 2023
2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. 2015 – Teens As Candid’s grants data approached its teenage years, many changes began to take place. private and community foundations. as measured by total giving.
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$30 Million Commitment For Cancer Research Grants
The NonProfit Times
JULY 17, 2024
announced a major expansion to its partnership with the Dolphins Cancer Challenge (DCC) during the recent 2024 ESPY Awards show. ” Since the inception of the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund in 2015, the V Foundation has awarded nearly $16 million to 54 researchers from exceptional cancer research centers across North America.
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Foundation giving and payout in 2022: What changed and what’s next?
Candid
JUNE 29, 2023
From 2015 to 2019, the annual change in grant dollars ranged from a high of 7% in 2017 to less than 0.1% The median foundation awarded 4% more grant dollars. (We The survey focuses on large foundations because they account for the vast proportion of grant dollars awarded. Source: Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, 2017–2023.
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Grant Writing Tip: Using federal grants to fund building or purchasing/renovating a building
Seliger + Associates Grant Writing
OCTOBER 27, 2024
FY ’23 grant awards ranged up to $10 million, with an average of $285,000, while direct loans ranged up to $98.6 Awards range from $150,000 to $5 million and vary by the four programs within the PWEAA, which include Public Works, Economic Adjustment Assistance, and Assistance to Coal, Nuclear Closure and Biomass Closure Communities.
Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy
Candid
JUNE 5, 2023
How we got here The Philanthropy Classification System was developed in 2015 by what was then the Foundation Center (one of Candid’s predecessor organizations ), which found that the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) used by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) did not adequately capture the work of the sector.
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Outstanding Offers and New Products of 2014 (Bonus: Crossword Puzzle!)
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 10, 2014
QuickBooks 2015 for All — Including Religious Organizations. QuickBooks 2015 has updated features to help you: View information quickly with an improved dashboard and notes you can pin. Bitdefender 2015 Award-Winning Security. Bitdefender 2015 arrived this year just in time for a safe holiday.
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3 Grantseeking Trends Your Organization Should Know About
Tech Soup
JANUARY 8, 2016
Does my budget, location, or mission affect my organization's ability to be awarded grants? Here are three findings from the Fall 2015 report. That increase included a 6 percent increase by community foundations, and a 17 percent increase in corporate awards in the form of gifts of products or services.
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Darren Walker To Leave Ford Foundation
The NonProfit Times
JULY 23, 2024
Walker has received 16 honorary degrees and university awards and was listed among TIME ’s “100 Most Influential People” in 2016 and Rolling Stone ’s “25 People Shaping the Future” in 2017, WSJ Philanthropy Innovator of the Year in 2020, and Inside Philanthropy’ s Philanthropy Leader of the Year in 2023. Read it here.
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Ideas Wanted to Increase Participation in Elections
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
The 2015 Knight Foundation News Challenge is accepting applications online from February 25 to March 19, 2015. The winners will be announced in June of 2015. In the past, more than 20 grants have been awarded for each challenge. Convert election participation into longer-term civic engagement.
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VocaliD to Create Unique Voices for Millions Who Can't Speak
Tech Soup
JULY 22, 2015
VocaliD was a winner of the 2015 SXSW Interactive Innovation Award for Health Med & Biotech. Yet, these individuals have been given uniform voices based on limited voiceprints. A unique company called VocaliD is working to change that.
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62 10 Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2016 [SLIDESHARE]
Selfish Giving
JANUARY 3, 2017
Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2015 Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2014 Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2013 My goal every January remains the same: to inspire you to create interesting, effective and lucrative cause marketing promotions that transform your cause and the world. Combined these annual posts have over 50,000 views.
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Court Rules That Cars Can Be For Kids
The NonProfit Times
APRIL 29, 2024
The two sides eventually sued and countersued in 2014 and 2015 with each claiming trademark infringement and unfair competition. But nor is there clear and convincing evidence that either party engaged in the type of egregious, unconscionable misconduct” sufficient to justify awarding damages, they wrote. million in damages.
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Success Stories — the Fine Print
Tech Soup
JANUARY 13, 2015
January 13, 2015. The January 2015 TechSoup Telework Story Challenge (the "Challenge"). Challenge submission opens January 13, 2015 at 8:00:01 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) and ends January 23, 2015 at 11:59:59 p.m. The Official Rules. Sponsored by TechSoup Global (" Sponsor "), 435 Brannan St.,
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Don't Miss Out on Fiscal Year-End Tech Essentials
Tech Soup
JUNE 2, 2015
Automate your bill paying, expense tracking, donation reporting, and so many other financial tasks with QuickBooks 2015. Bitdefender now has on-premises and cloud-based versions of its award-winning software available in our catalog. Here are some of the programs that you can take advantage of before the fiscal year ends.
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And Now … Our Amazing Round 2 #CelebrateAdobeCC Winners!
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
The final round of the contest closes November 14, 2015, so submit now. We're proud to award $1,000 to Pulse Theatre Company. But don't fret, there's still time to submit to round 3. Now, without further ado, our round 2 winners are. CelebrateAdobeCC Gold Prize. Du Bois: A Man for All Times poster.
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55 Share Your Green Tech Story and Win a Laptop or Tablet!
Tech Soup
MARCH 30, 2015
April 1, 2015. The April 2015 TechSoup Green Tech Story Challenge (the "Challenge"). Challenge submission opens April 1, 2015 at 8:00:01 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) and ends April 17, 2015 at 11:59:59 p.m. Official Rules. Sponsored by TechSoup Global (" Sponsor "), 435 Brannan St., Challenge Schedule.
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40 Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public
Tech Soup
MARCH 29, 2017
Since then, the nonprofit has won other awards, such as the MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions. These posts have benefited an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015. I was there that year and the competition was intense. So much innovation.
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Weekly update from PND
Candid
OCTOBER 1, 2021
September 30, 2021 The Schuler Education Foundation has awarded a first round of challenge grants totaling $170 million to five colleges in support of financial aid for low-income and/or undocumented students. percent of respondents gave to charity in 2020, comparable to survey results from 2017 and 2015. September 29, 2021 The John D.
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Lever for Change: How ‘big bet philanthropy’ is transforming the sector
Candid
AUGUST 6, 2024
For example, when the MacArthur Foundation awarded its first $100 million grant to Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee, it gave the organizations six months to refine their plans for how to use the funds. The number of such competitions has grown from 36 in 2005-09 to almost 600 in 2015-20. Similarly, when the W.K.
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Spotlight: State of Wyoming
GrantNews
MAY 20, 2024
“ The award-winning Rocky IV is the fourth film in Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky series. On April 30, 2015, some folks in Laramie, Wyoming danced their way into the Guinness Book of World Records. Please Note: There is no guarantee by GrantWatch nor the author of grant awards as a result of this information.
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Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 9, 2013
Beth Kanter won the NTEN Award in2007: Most Valuable Person in NpTech field. She is the 2010 NTEN Award Winner and was named to the NonProfit Times list of the 50 most influential people in the charitable sector in 2008. He got the NTEN Award IN 2011. " Beth Kanter. " Find out more here. Marnie Webb. Tablets will rule.
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Spotlight State: Delaware
GrantNews
JULY 15, 2024
At one point, it was the world’s largest chemical company , before mergers between 2015 and 2017. Please Note: There is no guarantee by GrantWatch nor the author of grant awards as a result of this information. John Deere, the first tractor made, is in the Messick Agricultural Museum in Harrington.
Mobile, Voice-Operated Everything, and Security, Oh My! Top Nonprofit Tech for 2016
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 20, 2016
Swipes, taps, and tiny keyboards are so 2015. I always admire the NTEN Award Winners each year, but I have to say that the choice of Leon Wilson of the Cleveland Foundation for the Lifetime Achievement Award is inspired. Voice-Operated Everything. I love my new Jimi Hendrix psychedelic style look.
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47 How Smithfield Foods is Doing Well by Doing Good (And What You Can Learn From Them) [SPONSORED]
Selfish Giving
AUGUST 14, 2017
For starters, in 2015 the company increased its charitable giving by more than 30 percent – to $27 million – which included food and cash donations through its cause-related partnerships that raise funds for charities focusing on vexing issues like hunger, education, health, and wellness.
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Data to support the relentless pursuit of racial equity
Candid
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
billion have been awarded to advance racial equity since 2020. In 2015, we began asking all grantseekers to provide demographic data. This shift was marked by commitments of increased funding, greater flexibility in grantmaking practices, and a focus on social and economic systems transformation. At the W.K.
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What Your Grant Professional Really Wants on IGPD By: Shauna O’Toole, MA, CFRE, GPC
Assel Grant Services
MARCH 3, 2024
It can be uncomfortable to commit to a timeline, line-item budget, or project plan, but your grant professional is asking for these because organizations that include details are more likely to win awards. We would also like to be recognized within our organizations and teams. Recognize there are ebbs and flows to the grants cycle.
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52 How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good
Tech Soup
APRIL 19, 2016
Since then Ushahidi has won other awards, including the MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions. million posts or testimonies on Ushahidi to benefit an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015. The Early Days of Crowdsourcing Lead to Amazing Results During Crises.
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36 Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities
Tech Soup
JUNE 20, 2014
This should be available in 2015. Finally, we offer our sincere congratulations to AbilityNet , the most excellent UK based accessibility charity, for winning the Digital Leaders 100 Award for 2014 in the NGO category. Here are the plans: Salesforce1 for Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 NPTech Organization of the Month.
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