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30 Best Silent Auction Ideas That Don’t Cost A Dime

GiveSmart

Some examples of unique venue options that donors or leaders in your community can use to make their next event memorable are: Museums after hours Libraries for luncheons Breweries for retirement parties or birthdays Lobbies for talks or workshops Golden Mulligan $$ A mulligan is a purchased re-hit for a shank.

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How Lessons Learned From Fighting Food Insecurity Can Help Your Nonprofit

Blue Avocado

After many years of lobbying and hard work, the GSA was passed, enabling all parties to help people. Six best practices for small ways your nonprofit can lead great change. Growing out of a single event, Nourish LA now provides a free bag of groceries to any person who shows up at our weekly distribution sites.

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Primary School Fundraising Ideas for Every Season | Big Fundraising Ideas

Big Fundraising Ideas

Bonus tip: To encourage early orders, promote the kits through the schools email list or PTA Facebookgroup. Charge a small fee per session or offer a term-long pass. Extra note: If you partner with a local instructor, ask them to volunteer or reduce their fee in exchange for promotion through the schoolnetwork.

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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

Get Fully Funded

For most of us, fundraising isn’t something that comes naturally, especially a straight request for donations. Asking for money, can be uncomfortable, right? We all grew up learning that it wasn’t polite to talk about money and it definitely wasn’t right to ask your friends and family for handouts. It takes commitment, guts, and a great story.

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501c.yada, yada, yada

Sharpshooter Communications

There are probably a million loopholes through and around these requirements. I’ve included the links. I am NOT an accountant. I am NOT an attorney. The IRS may update their guidelines the day after I post this. If you have questions or concerns about your own status, please consult someone with expertise in tax status regulations.

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March Cause Awareness: Women’s History Month

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The annual week-long celebration continued until a collection of women’s groups and historians led by the National Women’s History Project (now the National Women’s History Alliance) successfully lobbied Congress to pass Pub. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.”

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Alt-labor: What are workers’ rights nonprofits?  

Candid

However, we can revisit the topic of workers’ rights through a new lens by exploring the increasing role that a newer breed of labor organizations plays in the social sector. For example, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) undertook a six-year lobbying campaign in New York to pass better protections for domestic workers.

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