The Brooklyn Community Foundation, the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce on Friday announced the release of two Requests for Proposals from Brooklyn nonprofit organizations working with the communities and individuals most affected by Hurricane Sandy.
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Red Rooster Group Principal, Howard Adam Levy, was quoted in an article in The Columbus Dispatch discussing how Susan G. Komen’s brand would be affected by their reversal of policy regarding funding Planned Parenthood.
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Major nonprofits are getting in front of millions of potential donors through Amazon’s Holiday Giving Program. Organizations such as American Red Cross, UNICEF, Greenpeace, Nature Conservancy, Feeding America, Heifer International, Autism Society of America, International Federation for Animal Welfare, Children’s Miracle Network and United Way of King County now allow Amazon customers to make donations quickly and securely using information from their Amazon.com account. Customers can visit www.amazon.com/holidaygiving from now through January 10, 2009.
In an attempt to consolidate on the identity of their 60 local Jewish Federations and 400 independent network communities across the continent, the United Jewish Communities renamed itself the Jewish Federations of North America and adopted a new logo.Continue reading
Have a favorite Jewish nonprofit organization? Nominate it for the Jewish Choice Awards sponsored by JTA, Jewish Funders Network, Natan and GuideStar to help recognize Jewish nonprofits that are making a difference.
The site features reviews from volunteers, board and donors about their experiences with their organizations. I just wrote a review of Hazon. You can view that listing and recommend your Jewish nonprofit organization at Jewish Choice Awards at GreatNonprofits.org
I urge you to attend the 2009 Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship Conference on Wednesday, 9/16/09. My friend Darian Rodriguez Heyman will be presenting alongside Ralph Nader, and it promises to be be an exciting, fruitful event.
Lorri Greif is on a mission to make Planned Giving a “household word” in the nonprofit community. I support her mission, because I, too believe that nonprofits need to plan for their long-term sustainability and planned giving is a key component. To help nonprofits understand what planned giving is and how it can benefit their organization, she is offering a free webinar.
The annual Tagline Awards are back from Nancy Schwartz and the Getting Attention blog. Your nonprofit or foundation could be one of this year’s Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Award winners!
A strong tagline does double-duty — working to extend your organization’s name and mission, while delivering a focused, memorable and repeatable message to your base. It’s one of your most effective marketing tools, but the 2008 GettingAttention.org survey showed that 72% of nonprofit organizations don’t have a tagline or rate theirs as performing poorly. Nancy is trying to change that with this annual award program, highlighting the best in nonprofit taglines. Enter today.
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In partnership with All for Good, YouTube is launching “Video Volunteers,” a platform designed to make connections between non-profit organizations with video needs and skilled video makers who can help broadcast their causes through video. Video Volunteers will pool nonprofit, video-related volunteer postings from All for Good and then match them up with YouTubers who want to volunteer their video-creating skills to make a difference.
Because many YouTubers have amassed a large online audience, the influence of their work on behalf of nonprofits can have a big effect in raising the profile of the causes nonprofits are working on and can drive others online to take action. Here’s how it works: Starting today, nonprofits can post video assignments (with the words “Video Volunteers” in the description) on idealist.org, serve.gov or volunteermatch.org; these posts will be cycled through the Video Volunteers feed of the All for Good widget on youtube.com/videovolunteers. YouTube Video Volunteers can visit youtube.com/videovolunteers to pick up assignments directly from nonprofits. Select videos will be showcased on the Video Volunteers YouTube channel and in other high-traffic areas of YouTube.
This article from ThirdSector discusses a new concept in Britain to help channel more money to those that need it. This solution addresses a growing concern in the United States as well that lower-income populations are not being served well by nonprofits.
Call to give philanthropists tax breaks when they donate to poor areas
Major donors should pay less tax if they make donations to charities based in disadvantaged regions, according to the Community Foundation Network. The network represents charities that support local communities. The recommendation is one of 29 made in its Manifesto for Community Philanthropists, published this week.Continue reading
The new White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation was created without much fanfare. In fact, even though it has been operating for several months, it has never been formally unveiled.The Obama Administration is moving quickly to support the public sector and foster public-private partnerships that foster innovation.
The new White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation,set up to promote creative and effective ways to tackle social problems, is slowly starting to emerge as a public entity. The White House briefly outlined its goals in a statement last month to announce that the president was proposing $50-million in his 2010 budget for a social-innovation fund. And after months of working behind the scenes, White House officials have started to speak publicly about the office’s plan. Read the full article at the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
NY Governor Paterson admitted tough times for nonprofits, but pledged his support for the sector, while addressing the Not-For-Profit Leadership Summit on May 11, 2009 in Westchester. Here are some notes and highlights from his talk.Continue reading