Grants Roundup: Bloomberg Fund Gives $32 Million to Support City Leaders
Other notable awards include $10.1 million from the Herb Alpert Foundation for music education and grants from the AARP Foundation and New York Life to aid Louisiana flood victims.
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Grants Roundup: Chicago Groups Get $3 Million for College and Youth Programs
Also, the Solutions Project establishes a rapid-response grant fund to help grass-roots groups working on climate justice.
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To Make Program Evaluation More Affordable, Start With Existing Data
Information that is available to the public and free — like crime records and medical statistics — can form the baseline for nonprofit program measurement.
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Fast-Growing Fidelity Charitable Names New President
The largest commercially affiliated provider of donor-advised funds raised $4.6 billion in fiscal year 2015, part of a meteoric rise for this type of giving vehicle.
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Grants Roundup: N.C. State Gets $45 Million for Plant Research
Other notable awards include $4.2 million from the Rose Community Foundation to support an array of Denver-area nonprofits.
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Independent Sector Names Education Technology Leader as COO
The hiring of Hopscotch Ventures founder Victor Reinoso will support Independent Sector’s “new vision” of using technology to foster better collaboration among its members, said Dan Cardinali, the nonprofit-advocacy group’s new chief executive.
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Why and How to Build a Diverse Nonprofit Board
Making nonprofits better reflect the communities they serve starts at the board level.
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Grants Roundup: WWII Museum Gets $3 Million From Bob Hope’s Foundation
Other awards include $5 million from the Pritzker Family Foundation to support early education for low-income children.
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Games Add Competition, Urgency, and Fun to Nonprofit Fundraising
Charities try to attract dollars and supporters by “gamifying” giving.
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Potential Transfer of Nonprofit Web Services Creates Concern
The company that routes traffic to websites with domain names .org and .ngo might soon change, a process affecting millions of websites.
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