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Bridging gaps and weaving networks: The vital work of place-based intermediaries

Candid

Connecting diverse stakeholders: Across sectors and social issues, PBIs bring together grassroots organizations, funders, civic leaders, businesses, and government agencies. In 2016, SIF identified a gap in support for immigrant-serving organizations in response to rising anti-immigrant rhetoric.

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How to Develop Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves

Blackbaud

Governance and Management factors: How does your Board feel about how much you should have in reserve vs spending on programs? This post was originally published October 2016 and updated January 2025. Uneven cash flows: How much does your income and spending vary throughout the year?

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Grants for Business Owners: Purpose-Driven Business Models

GrantNews

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. To support these efforts, GrantWatch lists grant funding opportunities daily, empowering business owners to make a difference.

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Is There Racial Bias in Awarding Federal Grants?

ProposalPRO

As with anything in the government grants space, it is complicated. There is evidence that government grants are not distributed equitably. 2016 , Ginther et al., Finally, what can you do to even the odds of winning a government grant award right now? Let me explain. 2019 , Ginther et al., But is the process biased?

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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?

ProposalPRO

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). Stay tuned.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! In 2016, doing traditional search engine optimization on our websites will be good for fundraising — just like it was 10 years ago. Digital Divide Will Be Bridged in 2016. Privacy and Security.

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Mobile, Voice-Operated Everything, and Security, Oh My! Top Nonprofit Tech for 2016

Tech Soup

Probably the most amusing mobile story of 2016 was the overnight success of the Nintendo Pokémon Go scavenger hunt mobile app and how nonprofits attempted to use it for a hot minute. The MIT Technology Review listed "conversational interfaces" as a top 10 breakthrough technology for 2016. Voice-Operated Everything.