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24+ Free Webinars for Nonprofits: October 2010

Wild Apricot

If you don’t find exactly the kind of training you’re looking for today, do check back here as the month goes on – any late-arriving webinar announcement will be added in the comments thread, below. And if you’re offering a free webinar of interest to non-profit folks that didn’t make October’s list, please leave a comment.( read more ).

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Roy and Diana Vagelos Give $175 Million for Physician-Scientist Training at Columbia U.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Prest Also, Mary and Richard Templeton donated $20 million to Southern Methodist University for engineering education and scholarships, and California State University at Fullerton has received a pledge of $4 million for desert-science studies.

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K-12 STEM Grants Build Tomorrow’s Innovators

GrantNews

While STEM does stand for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, there is much more to the concept. Teacher training and equipment is also offset with this funding. Funding is for classroom resources and materials that support lessons related to science, technology, engineering, and math.

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Corporate Volunteerism: 'Not Charity. It's Good Business.'

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Glenn Gamboa, AP Business Writer NEW YORK Mark Davis, Courtesy of The Marcy Lab School, AP Salesforce’s partnership with the Marcy Lab School began when some of its employees started volunteering at the New York nonprofit, which trains high-school graduates to become software engineers in one year at no cost to the students.

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Commits $60 Million to Diversify Science Education

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Michael Abernethy, Elon University Elon University students in the Grand Challenges in Engineering 1 course test their underwater remotely operated vehicle prototype. Also, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation grants $50 million for credentialing and career training in Kansas City, and Wells Fargo Foundation awards $22.5

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Tips for Funder Research: How to Narrow Down or Enlarge the Field

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

As I have grown my business, I have found I now have to spend more time training our staff on the basics of grant research. It turns out that grant research is both extremely important and surprisingly difficult to do right. Most grant researchers find that they stumble on a ton of possibilities or else none at all.

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How to Apply Critical Thinking Skills to Nonprofit Startups

GrantNews

Workforce Training in the Tourism Industry! Grants up to $5,000 to eligible nonprofits and groups for training and workforce development within the tourism industry. Emphasis will be on projects to provide technical and trade training, with a focus on local community entrepreneurs.

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