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Posted On: Oct 30, 2009
Philantropia invites your NGO to participate in a survey that plans to determine if international fundraising provides good opportunities for funding NGO's. The results of the study will be published in December of 2009, and will be made available through Philantropia.org, various list servs, and e-mailed to participants. The survey results will remain anonymous and no personal information will be released. The link to the survey is: http://www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.aspx?id=56c30d2b-aaff-48...
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Posted On: Oct 15, 2009
Job Announcement Manager of Security Programs Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) seeks an articulate, creative, and experienced professional to join PSR as the Manager of its Security Programs. The goal of the Security Program is to assert a strong medical voice for the prevention of nuclear war, against the development and use of nuclear weapons, and for a reduction in the role of armed force in US foreign and security policy, emphasizing alternative strategies for conflic...
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Posted On: Sep 23, 2009
Rare opportunity to lead fundraising at Ploughshares Fund, the leading international public grantmaking and operating foundation working to reduce and ultimately eliminate nuclear weapons. Combining high-level advocacy, an enhanced grantmaking capacity and our own expertise, Ploughshares Fund is helping to fundamentally change nuclear weapons policy.Ploughshares Fund is headquartered in San Francisco where the development department is based, with policy experts located in Washington, DC.Th...
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Posted On: Aug 25, 2009
Water Advocates (www.wateradvocates.org) is a small but influential nonprofit advocacy group in Washington DC (DuPont Circle area) dedicated to helping solve the global safe drinking water and sanitation challenge. Water Advocates neither implements programs overseas nor seeks funding for itself, but works to raise awareness of and funding for the global water and sanitation sector as a whole.The Director of Global Wat...
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Posted On: Jul 21, 2009
For an overview of online fundraising campaigns, check out the recording of "A Beginner's Guide to Online Fundraising & Marketing," a webinar from the Network for Good. Jono Smith gives tips for driving traffic to your site, converting visits into donations, and branching out into other web-based marketing tools. The Network for Good learning center has a library of articles on fundraising and other forms of nonprofit outreach.
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Posted On: Jul 13, 2009
This article from grassrootsfundraising.org presents strategies for short- and long-term success for nonprofits in a challenging economic climate.
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Posted On: Jul 08, 2009
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an international learned society and policy research center with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, seeks a Program Officer or Associate to support its work on issues of Science and Global Security. The Academy's Committee on International Security Studies is undertaking a major integrative project on the global nuclear future and energy policy. This is a unique opportunity for a highly motivated individual to play a role in significant in...
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Posted On: Jun 23, 2009
M+R Strategic Services and NTEN released their analysis of online messaging, fundraising, and advocacy data from 32 nonprofit organizations. They find that, while open and click-through rates declined from 2007 to 2008, the number of online gifts increased.
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Posted On: Jun 11, 2009
This guide from Network for Good and Firefly Partners lays out steps for planning and executing a successful fundraising campaign - from identifying audiences and goals to choosing actions and communication channels and evaluating your success.
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Posted On: Apr 17, 2009
The Peace and Security Initiative has compiled an extensive list of management and fundraising resources, fundraising trainings, leadership workshops, and other resources for nonprofits coping with the challenges of the economic downturn.
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Posted On: Apr 10, 2009
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) seeks an articulate, innovative and experienced program manager with experience in nuclear disarmament and related national security issues to join PSR as its Director of Security Programs. The Security Program asserts a strong medical voice for the prevention of nuclear war; against the development and use of nuclear weapons; and for a reduction in the role of armed force in US foreign and security policy, emphasizing alternative strategies for co...
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Posted On: Feb 11, 2009
Many in the PSI network have asked for tips or the ability to share best practices on how to survive this economic downturn. In response to this need, PSI is happy to act as a clearinghouse of tips, best practices, and lessons learned for cutting costs; fundraising; or other methods of effectively dealing with this crisis.
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Posted On: Jan 08, 2009
The PSI Annual Meeting focused on ways to advance its agenda with the incoming administration. The Report-Back contains:-Resources for engaging with the new administration-A summary of a panel discussion: "Making Progress on U.S. Nuclear Policy," with panelists Mort Halperin (Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress and former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department) and Janne Nolan (Professor, University of Pittsburgh and former national security official in the U.S. Stat...
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Posted On: Dec 01, 2008
Citizens for Global Solutions is seeking a Director of Development to work out of its headquarters in Washington, D.C.The successful candidate will have a minimum of five years of increasingly responsible experience in development and fundraising for nonprofit organizations, including experience with campaign planning, direct mail programs, planned giving campaigns, outreach through the Internet, and maintenance of donor databases. Experience with the acquisition and management of foundatio...
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Posted On: Jul 15, 2008
The New Ideas Fund, a progressive group seeking new approaches to U.S. national security and foreign policy, is providing grants for progressive thinkers with ideas that will bring about a shift to a new policy paradigm. The Fund will disburse small grants for projects with the potential to define future policy debates. Interested parties should contact Pat Barry at Pbarry@newideasfund.org. Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis and are reviewed once a month. For more information rea...
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Posted On: Jul 15, 2008
The June 30 Peace and Security (PSI) community-wide meeting was one of the most successful to date. The meeting centered around seizing the opportunity of the 2009 presidential transition to advance PSI priority issues. Please click here for the meeting report-back, which includes many new resources.
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Posted On: Jul 07, 2008
The Collaboration Prize was created and is funded by The Lodestar Foundation, in collaboration with members of the Arizona-Indiana-Michigan (AIM) Alliance. The $250,000 prize recognizes collaborations among two or more nonprofit organizations that each would otherwise provide the same or similar programs or services and compete for clients, financial resources, and staff. Nominations accepted through July 21, 2008.Visit
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Posted On: Jul 07, 2008
While email and web copy may persuade people to "click to donate now," less than half - and often a very small percentage - of those who land on the donation page actually complete the donation transaction. Amnesty International USA teamed up with Donordigital on a project aimed at improving donation landing page conversions before the all-important end-of-year fundraising season in order to increase total dollars raised. Download the full report to read about their findings and how...
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Posted On: Jul 02, 2008
Please note that the primary source of information for this program is the Request for Letters of Inquiry. This FAQ document supplements that document. If you believe there is any inconsistency between information in the RFLOI and information in this document, the information in the RFLOI should prevail....
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Posted On: Jun 24, 2008
Contains project and organizational summaries for 2007-08 Connect U.S. Fund Rapid Response grantees through March, 2008 in PDF format.
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