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Friday, September 3, 2010
The Hogg Foundation sought to understand internal and external perceptions of their key stakeholders, with plans to use the information gleaned from research to guide messaging, vision, and impact for the future. At the same time, the foundation leadership knew they needed to take immediate action to improve their website experience.
 
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Photograph courtesy Challenged Athletes Foundation. Or say you’re working with Knox Parks Foundation. Fitted with high-tech legs, Scout Bassett, at left, and Sarah Reinertsen run together on a track. The story where the hero is thrown out of his home. Let’s look at the first part of the story. I: Departure. II:The Journey.
 
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Nonprofits, like any other placed of professional business, see their share of organizational conflict, but just because it isn't unusual, it doesn't mean that it's easily allayed or an easy situation to navigate. In fact, it rarely is, as anyone who's ever worked anywhere, as a staff member or volunteer, can empathize with. Conflict is inevitable.
 

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Now the Foundation, together with two venerable social media gurus Allison Fine and Beth Kanter , have put out a report summarizing what they learned. Thanks to the Case Foundation, Allison and Beth for your findings Nearly $2 million was raised for charities. You can read the full report here. Allison agreed, and I do too.
The Foundation Center , a pillar among excellent resources available to professionals and volunteers, alike, working in the American nonprofit sector; has created a brand new website called Glasspockets. The Foundation Center is a nonprofit itself. nonprofit corporation, foundations which are often grant donors, themselves.
It is an interesting fact that more and more I see foundations have either completely switched to only accepting grant proposals online, or they have a hard date set when they will no longer accept paper grant proposals (applications), and it's often sooner than later. Foundations are not monsters. It is a new shiny era. know, I know.
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In living memory of their son, he and his wife have now founded the Angelcheeks Foundation, to make grants to families in need, and to education on issues surrounding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Below, you will see a video by the family and their friends (yes, I'm in there somewhere) that was released today to promote the foundation.
That may be an odd way to launch a series of articles on the top technology tools for communicators at nonprofits and foundations. There are several innovative ways to use a blog to enhance communications for your nonprofit or foundation. There is a lot of room for growth in terms of blogging, social networking, and Web interactivity.
In order to look for foundations who will give to your organization, you must know your own organization in detail. Know what projects and programs you will be looking for grants for (foundations generally do not fund past projects, programs, or debt; they like to fund new programs/projects). What does your organization do, precisely?
The Foundation Center , without a doubt, is one of the most professionally well regarded, current, and informed nonprofit resources that exists. It may seem, from its name, that it is a resource for foundations (those entities who donate grants), but it is a resource for the entire nonprofit sector (nonprofit organizations and all).
Among interviewees and participant advisors to the project that resulted in the report Caring to Change , many see foundations as embodying double standards for innovation and risk. Foundations can afford to be risk-takers. Foundations were the original source of social venture capital.