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5 Best Practices for Nonprofit Employee Onboarding

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Just as you start the year strong with clear goals and plans, help new hires step into their roles with clear expectations, training, and support. Assign a mentor or buddy to new hires. When pairing mentors or buddies with new hires: Be thoughtful about each match. So, how do you foster this kind of environment?

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The Role of a Mentor: Effective Workplace Mentorship

GrantNews

The mentee and mentor connection is the most valuable professional relationship you can have. There is an array of mutual benefits of mentoring for both the mentee and the mentor. Traditional workplace mentoring relationships involve senior employees helping guide junior colleagues.

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Top 10 Kickstarter Grants for Your Startup Business!

GrantNews

This resourceful list is designed to help reduce the stress of searching for startup funding and get you one step closer to achieving your goals! To make things easier, GrantWatch has compiled a list of 10 kickstarter grants for startup businesses, carefully curated from our nearly 200 Entrepreneurs and Startups Grants.

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Mentor New York’s Virtual Fundraising Event Raises 12x Their Fundraising Goal With CauseVox

CauseVox

Imagine this: you set what you think is an ambitious fundraising goal for your virtual event and then watch as you double, triple, quadruple that goal in the days leading up to the event. Then, you cross the finish line – and end up raising 12 times your fundraising goal ! Ah, the powers of technology.

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Happy New Year! Top Grants To Apply for in 2025

GrantNews

What’s more, each listing in the GrantWatch database is designed to connect you with funding opportunities that align with your goals. Participants will receive investment funding, networking opportunities, deals and perks, mentoring, and coaching. From all of us here at GrantWatch, we wish you all the Happiest of New Years.

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15 Activities and Program Grants to Support At-Risk Teens and Their Families

GrantNews

Mentorship programs pair teens with mentors who understand their challenges and can provide ongoing support and advice. Regular check-ins and activities help build trust and encourage positive behaviors, while mentors also reinforce the lessons learned in family-focused sessions.

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What could equitable investment in Black nonprofit leaders look like? 

Candid

Therefore, instead of making a significant financial investment in Black-led organizations, funders encourage Black leaders to participate in mentoring and/or leadership development programs. Any shortcomings, missteps, or miscalculation on the part of Black leaders seems to reinforce the ideas that they are unfit for their positions.