Fri.Aug 23, 2024

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To Win Grants, Follow These Strategies and Celebrate Our Recent Client Win!

Millionaire Grant Lady

We love helping our clients win grants! When one of our clients attains a top-level grant after a highly competitive process, we celebrate! (My celebration of choice is Waffle Fries and an Arnold Palmer). Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) was recently awarded a $2 million Youth Homelessness System Improvement (YHSI) Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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How Nonprofits Really Feel About A.I.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Charities are embracing A.I., but comfort and safeguards lag behind, a new GivingTuesday survey finds. By Sara Herschander Getty Images More than two-thirds of nonprofits have already tried using artificial intelligence in their work, despite low comfort levels with the technology and concerns about data protection and bias, a new survey reveals.

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Blackbaud Announces Integration of Multiple Microsoft Products

NonProfit PRO

Blackbaud announced the integration of multiple Microsoft products— including Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service and Microsoft Power BI— into Blackbaud Impact Edge.

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$400 Million to Columbia U. in Boom Year of Medical School Megagifts

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Roy and Diana Vagelos's latest donation expands the medical school's mission to advance treatment for diseases. By Maria Di Mento Charles Manley Diana and Roy Vagelos’s gift will support programs in cell engineering and gene therapy. Roy and Diana Vagelo's latest donation expands the medical school's mission to advance treatment for diseases.

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AI for Grant Writing: 20+ ChatGPT Prompts You Can Use

This prompt guide for ChatGPT contains 20+ tested ChatGPT prompts, along with tips on how to use this tool the best way. Nonprofits can engage with ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, refine project plans, and craft compelling narratives for grant proposals.

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4 Signs It’s Time for Your Nonprofit to Rethink Its Strategic Approach

NonProfit PRO

Does your nonprofit need to rethink its strategic approach? Let's look at four signs that indicate it does.

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Kenneth Rainin Foundation Names First Executive Director

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Mitch Tobias Shelley Trott will become the first executive director of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. Also, Vital Strategies has chosen a Merck executive as its next CEO, and the basketball star LeBron James appointed a new leader for his More Than a Vote nonprofit group.

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Park Hopping For Health: Park and Recreation Grants For 2024

GrantNews

As summer comes to a close and we return to our routine of work, school, and the like, we encourage you to continue spending time outdoors! One convenient and affordable way to stay active is to visit local parks. In truth, parks offer many valuable perks. For example, communities prioritizing green spaces see health, economic, equality, and environmental benefits.

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Graduation from TEFL!

HSF House

My experience over this past summer has been amazing. I’ve learned so much about teaching English while simultaneously building a network of international students who have all become close friends of mine. The TEFL classes were lengthy, but this was completely necessary as we needed to cover a lot of content. The staff and students at CIES helped me get through this course with their upbeat personalities and interest in my pursuits.

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15 Essentials to Get You Through Nonprofit Event Season

GiveSmart

Your days are about to get busy. Starting in the fall, it is an all-out sprint through the spring for staff managing galas, golf outings, auctions, and other fundraising events. It means a lot of long nights, takeout meals, and snacking. It means even more lifting, loading, and sorting. Then there are the spreadsheets and seating charts. With all those moving parts, it can be overwhelming, and your needs can easily fall by the wayside.

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All around Belize

HSF House

I am currently three weeks into interning in Belize, and I am learning so much. I have had great experiences of presenting a PowerPoint on juvenile delinquency to the mental health board, witnessing clinical interviews, aid in paperwork and help clientele. While also aiding in forensic evaluations and talking to prisoners. This experience alone has allowed me to truly identify what I am passionate about.

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Court Date Pending For Daniel’s Law Data Suits

The NonProfit Times

New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which penalizes the dissemination of names and residential addresses of judicial, law enforcement, child protection investigators and other covered individuals, is having a significant damping effect on marketing efforts – including nonprofit solicitations – aimed at Garden State residents. The extent to which the law is having an impact on nonprofit outreach is unknown because neither side is talking on the record, except in court papers.

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Reflection

HSF House

Now that I have finished with both the Spring and Summer portions of this program, I think I can offer new insight on how I am viewing both my experience and how I can connect it to my capstone project. At the beginning of my experience, I was honestly pretty overwhelmed with the fact that I would be spending an extended amount of time away from home.

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Raise More with These Three Tips to Engage Each Donor Segment

Qgiv

Fundraising is all about connecting with your audience with personal and relevant messages. And one of the most powerful ways to achieve this is by using donor segmentation to communicate more directly with your supporters. A message that resonates with long-term, repeat donors will fall flat with a lapsed donor. So, understanding who belongs in each segment and crafting tailored communications for each group is critical for effective segmentation.

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That’s A Wrap London!

HSF House

My experience for the summer was very rewarding as well as informative. I walked away with so much more knowledge than what I walked in with. I also gained important writing and communication skills. There’s a major difference between reading a case and writing some solutions and hearing the case from the client’s mouth and hearing their emotions behind it.

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Farewell to my experience!

HSF House

Now that my time in Valencia is coming to an end, I can start to look back and say that this summer experience has been one of the highlights of my life. I met so many interesting people, traveled to many places, and got to learn about cultures I never would have experienced had I just stayed in the United States. I went from being a much more reserved individual, to now where I feel like I can do just about anything.

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The Stories of Life

HSF House

From a young age, my mother always told my siblings and me different stories to not only entertain us but instill life lessons. These stories contained lessons that would not only guide us through life but make sure we got to keep it. Being raised as a minority in the United States is something that many don’t want to see or talk about, especially the privileged.

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Combating Globalization and Promoting Equality: Mongolia’s Vision

HSF House

[link] This news story from UNESCO resonated deeply with me because it discussed how much culture we are losing due to technological advancements. Mongolia’s solution to this problem was to outline a project that would advocate for culture by studying how technological advancements have decreased cultural facilitators’ ability to perpetuate culture through their work and other related topics.

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How does the media view camp?

HSF House

It seems to me the local media outlets near Camp Boggy Creek do their best to spread the magic that happens at camp. As I mentioned before, the counselors got thrown a “Boggy Prom” for all camp counselors to attend. The Orlando Centinal came and did a story on Boggy Prom, took pictures as we excited our fun party bus, and interviewed a few councelors.

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Putting It All Together

HSF House

After I had been accepted into the Global Scholars program, I was excited (and a little anxious) about what my summer would hold. I didn’t know where I’d be going or how I would get there but I just knew I would go somewhere abroad. Additionally, I knew that my experience would be along the lines of criminal justice/law since that is the field I plan to have as my future career.

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Capstone! Social Comfortability Breeds Competency and Motivation in L2 Learning

HSF House

Use the link to check out my CapStone!

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