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Unions and their role in the social sector

Candid

In honor of Labor Day, this blog—the first in a two-part series—offers insights into the various roles that unions play within the social sector, based on data from available recent tax filings (2016 and on). . Locals tend to deal directly with members, handle contract negotiations, and conduct on-the-ground organizing.

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Creating a Culture of Fundraising and Grant Professionalism with Program Staff

Grant Professionals Association

This is why fundraisers like grant professionals exist. Being a grant professional teaches you just how crucial it is to get buy-in from program staff at all stages of the grant life cycle. Being a grant professional teaches you just how crucial it is to get buy-in from program staff at all stages of the grant life cycle.

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American Red Cross Sued Claiming Haitian Relief Funds Misused

The NonProfit Times

Their hopes and struggles and agonies Get us grants and consulting fees. There’s a market for their pain, Votes and glory and money to gain. Let us celebrate the poor. Their ills, their sins, their faulty diction Flavor our songs and spice our fiction. Celebrate thugs and clowns, Give their ignorance all renown.

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How to Develop Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves

Blackbaud

A reserve can provide the flexibility necessary to pay for items that arent covered by restricted grants. This post was originally published October 2016 and updated January 2025. The more dependable and regular your funding is, the less risk you have and the lower your reserves can be.

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3 Signs Your Organization Needs a Nonprofit Accounting System

Blackbaud

You have multiple income streamsdonations, grants, service feesas well as all the ways you use the money. Imagine tracking the revenue and expenses of hundreds of programs funded by scores of grants within a dozen or so cost centers in a system like QuickBooks. The reason is simple.

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Samaschool Uses Tech to Empower Low-Income People

Tech Soup

She argues, "Creating an email address, learning how to search for something online, learning how to talk on Skype, building a résumé on Microsoft Word — these are things that we think are very simple, and we take for granted, but you learn them automatically when you have access to the Internet. million today to 7.6

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Public Good's Unique Platform for Attracting New Donors

Tech Soup

Registration is free, and no contract is required. One big improvement in the works is to engage foundations, which will be able to set up matching grant projects. For instance, a foundation would give a $20,000 grant to a cause or group of organizations and make the payment after the matching amount is achieved.