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Really Becoming America
By North Carolina Black Alliance staff A NATION ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING Increased attacks on voting rights, ramped up gerrymandering, the January 6th insurrection, and the endless stream of videos of unarmed Black and Brown men and women killed in unjustified police...
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Staying Relevant for 21st Century Audience
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Suzanne B. Robotti Smaller nonprofits can be challenged by how to stay relevant over time to appeal to existing and future audiences. DES Action USA, founded in 1978, has done just that. Some of the marketing tools and techniques...
Beginning Our Labors Anew
By Sandy Cyr Well-intentioned funders often look for opportunities where their support can have the most impact. They believe in the work of the organizations they support, and they give organizations the benefit of the doubt that their gift will be stewarded to make...
Putting Trust in Philanthropy
By Sandy Cyr Building communities depends on working with other people. To work with other people, you have to maintain some degree of trust. Trust has been at the forefront of craigslist founder Craig Newmark’s work, from creating one of the largest online...
Small Nonprofit, Big Community
For many individuals living with mental illness, homelessness can be a hospital visit away. Plymouth Healing Communities small scale shelter aims to use relationships to heal and keep people off the streets.
Local Food Revitalization on a Global Scale
Ecology Action empowers others from across the globe to take up ancient agricultural practices and support themselves for a livable future. These methods conserve land and resources and offer communities the opportunity to support their own nutritional needs and to revitalize their local land.
Giving Hunger a Day Off: Bridging the Gap Between Waste and Want
Many low-income families struggle to afford fresh fruits and vegetables and instead rely on processed foods as staples. The goal of Food for Free is to take the abundance of surplus fresh food and offer it to those in need, thereby closing the gap between waste and want.
Think Food, Invest Local
Shifting to a local food system is a big project, but investment, collaboration, and strategic networks can all help the local food movement generate long-term, positive effects that improve health and the environment, strengthen community, generate social capital, and make economic sense.
Scientists Evaluate Food Safety Practices to Help Support Nonprofit Food Pantries
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have done an in-depth analysis of food safety at nonprofit food pantries that distribute food directly to people in need. The research has already been used to develop a suite of free, online resources for food pantries, which has been used by nonprofits across North Carolina.
A Simple Approach to Hunger
With a clearly focused mission, goal, and strategy, Masbia has been able to provide a safe and respectful space for those who are hungry since 2003. While their goal is to continue to feed more people each day, they have brought awareness to the lack of dignity and empathy those in poverty may face each day and they remain honest to themselves and those who take a seat in their restaurants.
Local Farms, Local Food, and Conservation in North Carolina
The Triangle Land Conservancy safeguards clean water, protects natural habitats, supports local farms and food, and connects people with nature through land protection and stewardship. They have created a positive feedback loop in the Triangle: improved food access generates economic activity that strengthens local businesses, providing increased opportunities for participation in the regional food system.
Thriving Workforces Possible through Strong Partnerships: Three Takeaways from the KeyBank Foundation’s Work with YouthForce in the Northwest U.S.
The KeyBank Foundation has dedicated its philanthropic efforts to enabling thriving students and workforces that bring transformational impact to the communities where we live and work.
Planning for Success
Dress for Success Triangle served 122 female veterans in the first year of the Veteran’s Program. Their success was predicated upon developing a strategy, securing funding, recruiting staff and board leadership and creating awareness.
Pathway to Work
Opportunity Village enriches the lives of nearly 3,000 children, teens and adults with significant intellectual disabilities – and the families who love them – every day. Opportunity Village grew from a parent-driven idea into a world-renown organization through the tremendous support of the Las Vegas community.