Gail Perry Group

MARCH 13, 2025

Building Friendly Relationships with Government Officials: A Smart Strategy for Nonprofits [link] In this time of drastic governmental funding cuts, many nonprofit leaders are wondering whether and how to be in touch with their elected officials. They may be making funding decisions that impact your nonprofits mission! Yes, really.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It doesn’t take a ton of education or even a degree to help people. After many years of lobbying and hard work, the GSA was passed, enabling all parties to help people. The more intensive your partnership is, the more information you need on your partners (especially if there’s any kind of funding involved).

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Candid

JULY 8, 2024

Foundation program officers and government officials can unintentionally limit the impact of community-based organizations by funding them to serve only a specific demographic group and a narrow set of activities. At the Healthy Democracy Fund at the Tides Foundation, we focus our grantmaking on state and local groups.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

From funding mission trips to furthering the education of your youth, raising money is vital to support your church’s mission and operations. Having fundraisers that happen outside of Sunday morning services helps fund important church activities. An adopt-a-mile fundraiser is a perfect way to fund your travel.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

About Women’s History Month The origins of Women’s History Month date back to 1978 when the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women created a “Women’s History Week” celebration. Educating yourself about women’s history is also a great way to better understand the issues that women face today.

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Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

For private foundations, however, there are a few additional requirements to meet eligibility for tax-exempt status, including: Operational purpose: Private foundations should be established and operated for the furtherance of charitable, educational, scientific, or other exempt purposes as specified by the IRS.

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2014

The nonprofit sector of the economy takes in almost $4 trillion dollars per year, so the IRS is naturally very careful to ensure those funds go to the legally intended purposes. It would also be great to win the lottery on a weekly basis, but let’s get real. IRS Form 1023 is used to apply for IRC §501(c)(3) status.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Well discuss what activities work well in fall, winter, spring, and summer, plus ways to keep funds rolling all year. Impact: Reuses uniforms, saves parents money, and contributes to school funds in a simple, eco-friendly way. Offering a treat or small novelty is an easy way to raise funds regularly.

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Qgiv

MARCH 5, 2024

Nonprofits can focus on a wide range of causes, including charitable, educational, religious, scientific, humanitarian, or environmental missions. The diversity provided by having different types of nonprofit organizations ensures a more inclusive approach to addressing social, cultural, environmental, and educational issues.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Do your best to make this an educational opportunity for your own finances and nonprofit finance in general. Part of every board member’s responsibility is to make sure that their nonprofit is properly funded to carry out its mission. But funding goes beyond their own gift. Be open to further education and training.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2023

Instead , they pursue a variety of other strategies centering on litigation, education, and industry-wide advocacy. For example, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) undertook a six-year lobbying campaign in New York to pass better protections for domestic workers. Foundation funding for workers’ rights i.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 3, 2024

The development comes after House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma) announced last week that nonprofits would be prohibited from receiving earmarks from 2025 funding authorized by the committee for the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) community project grant program.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In early 1981, I went to Washington DC for a NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) conference and some lobbying on the Hill. Along the way, radical campaign ideas like shutting down the Departments of Education and HUD quickly disappeared into the ether. What happened?

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