philanthropy

Online Fundraising for World Give Day

  Today, on World Give Day, we’re joining a community of great folks blogging about what it takes to make a difference. Here are the facts: it takes some effort, but you don’t have to be superhuman. In fact, a whole bunch of bloggers and friends of FirstGiving have been weighing in on the idea [...]

Nonprofit capacity building opportunity

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This just in. . . Third Sector New England’s Nonprofit Capacity Building Training Series provides ongoing learning opportunities specifically designed by and for those within the nonprofit sector. The series includes nine (9) workshops to help nonprofit managers, staff and board members strengthen general management skills from fundraising to financial management to effective supervision. Workshop trainers are [...]

From phthisiology to philanthropy in one postal price pump

Phthisiologist Edward Trudeau on the 76 cent stamp

Just about everybody knows that the postal rates went up recently, but it was only last week that I noticed that there’s a new 78-cent stamp featuring Mary Lasker, the pioneering philanthropist.  Last month, we used the 76-cent Edward Trudeau.  He was a phthisiologist, which I’m sure you all know is a physician who specializes [...]

Paid summer internship opportunity

Know a graduate student interested in the non-profit sector and philanthropy?  The Andrus Family Fund (see below), is offering a very interesting summer internship, and what’s more, it’s paid.  We found out about it at the Entry Level Living blog, and we’re passing it along. The Andrus Family Fund (AFF) seeks a graduate student with [...]

We FLiP for Philanthropy!

Our friends over at the FLiP (Future Leaders in Philanthropy) Blog asked us to guest post this week on what to expect with online fundraising.  Have a look at it here.