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New Nonprofit Leadership Survey Released

McKim Consulting, a leader in nonprofit sustainability solutions just released the report for their first annual Nonprofit Leadership Survey 2011. … Read entire article »

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Winners Selected for World’s First Non-Profit Humour Award

The winners of the first annual NP LOL People’s Choice Awards have been chosen. People from across Canada, the US and Australia went online in December to pick the funniest story and animation of 2011 from the NP Humour Blog. The awards featured 13 nominees in two categories — stories and animated features. … Read entire article »

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Winn-Dixie Foundation Donates $1.4 Million to 116 Southeast Charities

The Winn-Dixie Foundation announced today it is investing nearly $1.4 million in neighborhoods across the Southeast through partnerships with 116 nonprofit organizations, providing a broad range of services critical to helping communities flourish and individuals triumph. … Read entire article »

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Five Charities Share $2 Million in Grants and Celebrity Tributes

To Write Love On Her Arms of Cocoa, Florida was awarded a $1 million grant from Chase at the first-ever American Giving Awards on NBC December 11. The program, hosted by 22-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas, featured celebrity tributes to five charities selected through online voting. … Read entire article »

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LogoBee Hosts First Web Design Makeover

Online long-running design company LogoBee will host its first “Web Design Makeover” contest, the prizes of which are web design remakes for eligible nonprofit organizations. … Read entire article »

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Survey Reveals Social Change is a Global Phenomenon

A new Walden University survey shows that “think globally, act locally” has become a worldwide mentality, with a majority of citizens around the world (73%, on average) agreeing that what happens in other parts of the world can impact their local community. … Read entire article »

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Discrimination Startlingly High Among Latino/a Transgendered People

Latino and Latina transgender and gender non-conforming people face some of the highest levels of discrimination of all transgender people according to a new analysis released today, Injustice at Every Turn: A Look at Latino/a Respondents in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey. … Read entire article »

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Entergy Charitable Foundation Issues $1.25 Million in Grants

More than 65 nonprofit groups have been selected to receive $1.25 million in grants from the Entergy Charitable Foundation, bringing the total amount of grants awarded by the foundation during 2011 to $3,052,267. … Read entire article »

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Morgan Stanley Expands Pro Bono Program by Signing Billion + Change Pledge

Morgan Stanley has announced it has expanded its three-year-old, signature program to provide pro bono services to nonprofits nationwide, and has signed on to the “A Billion + Change” campaign. As a new signatory to A Billion + Change, Morgan Stanley has pledged to provide an additional $2 million worth of pro bono services by July 2013. … Read entire article »

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Charities Retain More Donors But Giving Losses Continue to Exceed Gains

Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. improved their efforts to acquire and keep donors in 2010, but continued to lose money through lost donors and smaller gifts, according to the latest report of the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP). … Read entire article »

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