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Bilingual Volunteers Needed! Help Fairfax CASA Overcome Language and Cultural Barriers
Sara had fallen into the wrong crowd during her time at a local high school. When she entered foster care, she was struggling with substance…
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Utah’s Brixio Joins LIVESTRONG Foundation To Accelerate Fight Against Cancer
For a fast-moving startup focused on disrupting the commercial real estate world, the opportunity to help became clear. Joining the fight against cancer was a…
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What Social Impact Is and How to Measure It Effectively
Impact. What a loaded word. It means so many things to so many people. In my career in nonprofit communications, I have used “impact” so…
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Tiger Woods Foundation: Champions of the Unexpected for 20 Years
For low-income and minority families, the opportunity gap faced by disadvantaged youth is significant. Nonprofit advisor The Bridgespan Group reports that while afterschool and summer…
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America’s Charities leadership transition announcement
To the America’s Charities community, I am writing today to let you know of an important update in America’s Charities’ leadership. After six years of…
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Why ‘Cost Analysis’ is the Most Important Area of Improvement for Nonprofits
As individuals, many of us prefer to focus our energy on one task at a time. It’s a good impulse: Given all of the distractions…
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Sustainable Economic Opportunities That Empower Women & Benefit Business Needs
In 2010, The Coca-Cola Company launched the 5by20 initiative which aims to economically empower 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company’s global supply chain by…
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Isolating the Answers to Causes and Finding a Cure for Leukemia
Fifty years ago a child diagnosed with leukemia lived at best 6 months. Today children are living 5 years, 10 years and in some cases…
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Teaching Tolerance Offers Strategies to Help Educators Cope with Uncivil Rhetoric in Presidential Campaign
Every four years, teachers across America use the presidential election to engage children in our electoral process and teach them valuable lessons about our democracy,…
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Is your organization adaptable to change?
If you’re like the leaders at most organizations, this will sound familiar. The week before the first Board meeting of the new fiscal year, you…
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How to Effectively Use LinkedIn for Your Non-Profit
While most non-profits realize the benefits of Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, far fewer organizations fully realize the inherent power of LinkedIn. As one of the…
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Time, Talent, and Treasure: Building a Board that Knows and Gives the Three Ts
Engaging thoughtful, proactive, and generous people to serve on your organization’s board is a challenging and important endeavor. Board service is often seen as the…
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