A Library Writer's Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Here are some possible topics to get you thinking: Unique Libraries Special Collections New buildings Fundraising Improved Workflows Staff Development Advocacy Efforts Community Partnerships That great thing you’re doing at your library! Submit your proposal by Friday, December 16, 2022.

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Grants4Good

MAY 30, 2023

Open AI is the San Francisco based company that released ChatGPT for public use in November 2022. If you’re in the nonprofit fundraising and grant writing field like me, you might ask ChatGPT: Tell me about [name of your city] in two paragraphs. But keep an eye out for other fast-growing tech companies in the same space.

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The Whistle Post

APRIL 11, 2022

Bridgeport, CT—April 11, 2022. to be held on May 10, 2022, in Bridgeport at the Boca Oyster Bar. Dress for Success Mid-Fairfield County offers all services to clients at no-cost and relies on donations and fundraising events for support. The organization has helped more than 12,000 women since opening its doors in 1998.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 25, 2022

I always advise leaders of small nonprofits that they should spend about 50% of their time on grantseeking and fundraising. According to the 2022 report (which breaks down the trends from 2021), the chances of being awarded a grant increase with the number of grants submitted.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It's also complicated because some people in low income neighborhoods believe that local schools are always inferior to schools in high income areas (" DCPS middle schools in black wards, "positive deviance" and the pull of the attractiveness of schools in the upper income wards west ," 2022). It dates to the 1980s.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The university’s $6 million plan looks good so far, with a fundraising campaign on the way. Plans for a redesign of the State Street commercial corridor in downtown Ann Arbor as presented to the city's Transportation Commission by the Downtown Development Authority and SmithGroup in January 2022.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

For CounterPulse, the seven-year fundraising hustle proved the main challenge, though Phelps noted that CounterPulse buying a building attracted new funders who hadn’t come around before. My lament was the lack of systematic, community-wide initiatives to buy, hold, develop and preserve properties for arts and culture related uses.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In college in the early 1980s, the University of Michigan repositioned its focus on fundraising (what universities call "development") in part by hiring a top development official from Stanford, creating a new campaign, etc.--the the University has successful raised billions since.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to a recent report from the Association of Fundraising Professionals and GivingTuesday, the number of nonprofit donors in the first half of 2022 decreased by 7% compared to last year. Moreover, the percentage of donors who gave in 2021 and then gave again in 2022 decreased by 6.2% year-over-year.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Tree planting a, s a city equity measure is an important priority of the Salt Lake Mayor. Should we have more water stations? It turns out over 80% of the park's budget is spent on utilities including "culinary water."

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

In 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched curated solutions for nonprofits in the AWS Solutions Library and AWS Marketplace. These solutions help meet the most important needs of charities and membership-based organizations. Today, AWS announced the addition of new nonprofit solutions in the AWS Solutions Library and AWS Marketplace.

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iGrantWriters

JANUARY 5, 2022

Abstracts/executive summaries may be submitted at any time for consideration before the closing date of this annual program statement on June 1, 2022. The abstracts/executive summaries will be reviewed in several rounds: received by February 15, 2022, received by April 1, 2022; received by May 1, 2022; and received by June 1, 2022.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

You're with people, but alone. -- " Outdoor library book sale as an opportunity for "social bridging"/triangulation ," 2022 Salt Lake backyard concerts. s As You Are bar issues fundraising appeal to prevent closure ," Washington Blade. Photo: " D.C.’s Gay bars as safe spaces.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

According to the United Nations (UN) 2022 Global Assessment Report on Climate Reduction , worldwide disasters will get worse if current trends continue. In February 2022, deadly floods and landslides ravaged Petrópolis, a city in southeastern Brazil in the State of Rio de Janeiro.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

Plein Air for the Park is a fundraiser for Grand Teton National Park, where professional artists paint a park scene, and the paintings are sold (" Plein Air in Grand Teton National Park ," Homestead Magazine ). Photo of Lollapalooza 2022. Maybe as part of a competition. Many programs. Destination events and problems.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

Plein Air for the Park is a fundraiser for Grand Teton National Park, where professional artists paint a park scene, and the paintings are sold (" Plein Air in Grand Teton National Park ," Homestead Magazine ). Photo of Lollapalooza 2022. Maybe as part of a competition. Many programs. Destination events and problems.

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