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Here's my first attempt at creating a slideshow in canva. I value working for a company that cares about volunteerism and giving back... and if you look closely you can see me in at least one of these photos.

#Planning for the #Future Based on the Past & #Copyright Concerns 4 #Nonprofits (1); Asking for a Second #Gift (2) & #Trust Based #Philanthropy Removes Barriers Around #Grants (3): #fundraising https://ow.ly/teBn50QFL9c https://ow.ly/QE2M50QFL9e https://ow.ly/Anhw50QFL9g

Fundraising alert: Here's a 3-year grant towards economic justice, food sovereignty, and addressing climate change. #SocialSector #Fundraising #Philanthropy #ClimateJustice #FoodSovereignty #EconomicJustice #CommunityImpact #SustainabilityMatters #SDG7 #SDG13 #Nonprofits #nonprofitfundraising #NonprofitSupport #NonprofitResources

The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation awards grants to organizations for which a small amount of money might make a large difference! 📚🏥🏫 Grant amount ranges between $1,000 to $20,000. The Foundation will consider requests to support museums, cultural and performing arts programs; schools and hospitals; educational, skills-training and other programs for youth, seniors, and persons with disabilities; environmental and wildlife protection activities; and other community-based organizations and programs. Want to know more details about this grant opportunity? Visit ieccnonprofit.org and subscribe to our Grant Bulletin Search Tool! #GrantBulletin #GrantOpportunity #Funding #Foundation

According to the National Fair Housing Alliance 2024 Fair Housing Trends Report, private nonprofit fair housing organizations processed 75.52 percent of complaints, underscoring the need for lawmakers to allocate sustainable funding to support their critical work. Visit https://bit.ly/4bnomvl to read the full report and use the interactive map to see how many complaints were reported to various agencies. #FairHousingTrends #FairHousing

Reviewer REAL TALK Episode 6! 🦜 Why your renewal application got ❌ rejected (due to misalignment in Year 1). On a panel I was surprised to see the renewal funding of a previous grantee dangling based on the fact that the other applicants in the pool had much stronger programming. You’d think renewal applicants would automatically get funded right? Wrong. 🤨 Do not take your applications for granted because you never know who you are competing against in Year 2⃣️. In this Real Talk I walk you through a hypothetical example of a renewal applicant for an environmental grant and the 2 other applicants who take their spot in Year 2. The most fascinating part of this example in the REAL reviewer panel is that the applicant actually DID make it through (with subpar programming), but not due to their application or programming... but for other reasons. And that’s a talk for another day.👄 Let’s just say if there were more reviewers like me on the panel they would NOT have made it through, but that’s why we have a good variety of reviewers on panels.👥 Let me know if you have any pressing questions you’d like an answer to!❓ For now I will rant as I please.🗣🦜 #ReviewerRealTalk #grantwriting #grantreview #grantreviewer #nonprofit #federalgrants #federalfunding #nonprofitfundraising #fundraising #communityfoundations #philanthropy

#NationalVolunteerWeek Have you ever stopped to consider the value volunteers add to the economy? Discover just how much that amount is (Hint: it's astounding) and examine 3 approaches to thanking volunteers for giving of their most precious resource, their time. https://lnkd.in/erjA2uzg #nationalvolunteerweek #volunteer #stewardship #philanthropy #CapDev #LearnWithCapDev #nonprofit #nonprofitleadership #thankyou

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🎉 New Issue Alert! 🎉 Discover how nonprofits have evolved since the Tariff Act of 1894, debunking myths about their operations and impact. Join us in celebrating National Nonprofit Day with insights from Forbes and the National Council of Nonprofits. Subscribe now to Jani's Journal and be part of the change-makers! 💡📈 #NonprofitDay #JaniJournal #ChangeMakers #NonprofitMyths #SubscribeNow

https://lnkd.in/gkMv4aCg From localising philanthropic giving to adopting trust-based philanthropy, the philanthropic sector is increasingly grappling with how to transform the power imbalances and inequities that it has created and continues to perpetuate. The call to action lies at both a relationship level–in terms of how a funder relates to its individual grantees, and at a structural level–in terms of where in the world and to which type of organisations philanthropic capital tends to be deployed. In particular, there is a call for localised giving, to shift resources away from the origins of colonial exploitation and instead towards locally-led actors representing marginalized communities.