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📢 Nonprofit Financing Options: Empowering Your Mission 📢 💰 Grant Funding Many foundations and government agencies offer grants specifically for nonprofits. No repayment needed! Tip: Look for grants that align with your mission and apply early. 💳 Low-Interest Loans Some financial institutions offer nonprofits lower interest rates on loans. Tip: Prepare financial statements and impact reports to strengthen your application. 🌱 Program-Related Investments (PRI) Foundations sometimes provide funding through PRIs to further their philanthropic goals. Tip: Explore partnerships with foundations that share your values. 🧩 Crowdfunding & Donations Platforms like GoFundMe or Kickstarter can attract community support. Tip: Share your impact story to inspire contributions. 📈 Line of Credit Flexible and can cover temporary cash flow gaps. Tip: Only borrow what you need to avoid excessive interest. #NonprofitFinance #FundingYourMission #Impact

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🏛️ Uphold Integrity in Local Government: Free ICMA - International City/County Management Association Coaching Webinar Join ICMA to explore proven strategies for upholding integrity, transparency, and accountability with local government staff despite the unethical behavior of elected officials. This session will guide you through Tenets 3 through 7 of the ICMA Code of Ethics, exploring how these principles are designed to support ethical leadership in local government. Seasoned experts will share practical approaches for maintaining a course of ethical leadership, fostering a culture of responsibility, and safeguarding the trust of the community. 🖥 Ethics at the Helm: Staying the Course Despite Unethical Elected Officials 🗓 Thursday, September 12 🕜 1:30 to 3:30 PM ET Secure Your Spot: https://lnkd.in/g5Xuxxdv #ICMA #Ethics #CodeofEthics #LocalGovernment #Webinar

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The nonprofit sector faces unique challenges in effectively managing grants, which are crucial for funding various programs and initiatives. Join us on August 13 as we share best practices for grant management to help nonprofit organizations maximize their funding potential, ensure compliance, and achieve their mission more efficiently. Learn more + register today! #Nonprofit #GrantManagement

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🌾Rural small businesses are vital to our communities! Explore the resources available from our friends at the SBA. Learn more below. #RuralBusiness #Resources

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🌟 Get Funded with Expert Grant Writing & Program Evaluation Services! 🌟 Our services optimize your proposals for sustained grant success. 📝✨ #Nonprofit #GrantWriting #FundingSuccess #NonprofitManagement #REAAnalytics

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There are 6 core competencies of nonprofit chief executives, do know what they are? Understanding the responsibilities of your CEO helps establish expectations and hold them accountable. Learn more:

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The ScaleUP Capacity Building Cohort is an intensive learning program that bridges the gap between access to capacity-building tools and resources for minority-owned businesses and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals SEDIs. Learn More: https://ow.ly/3YLN50SjFix

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Funders and nonprofits are working in complex and rapidly changing environments where no single organization or individual has access to all information and does not have control over all the actors in an ecosystem. Strategy in complex systems must serve as a compass instead of a map, laying out a clear direction and focus for the work and then enabling learning and course correction along the way. For funders focused on systems change, applying trust-based principles to the strategy setting process is imperative for navigating the complexity inherent in systems. When developing a clear focus to guide their work, it is critical for funders to consider multiple perspectives, particularly from those who are closest to the problem (e.g., grantees, community members). ➡️ Read more: https://lnkd.in/eV6CmbsA

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KCDF works with other community organizations, supporting them to become community foundations, and helping them sustainably solve challenges within their communities. While these community foundations are in their early stages, their systems may not be very strong. Therefore, KCDF comes in to strengthen their systems, capacity build, and ensure they can sustainably function and run on their own. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3VwTPqe #buildingcommunityfoundations #kcdfimpactingcommunities @followers

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🤝 What is the key to equity-centered community engagement? Our latest guide provides actionable strategies that can transform how governments interact with the communities they serve. It’s the roadmap you need to tackle challenges head-on and create more inclusive engagement. 🚀 Learn from our partnership with the State of Washington’s Office of Equity and see how these strategies have been successfully implemented! 🔗 Download your copy today and begin your journey to equitable engagement: https://hubs.ly/Q02XSMnT0 #PublicEngagement #EquityLeadership #CivicParticipation #GovernmentInnovation #CommunitySolutions #InclusionMatters #EquityForAll #TransformativeChange

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Empowering Growth: Apply for Stabilization Grants Today! The Merchants Fund (TMF) offers Stabilization Grants to support projects that help businesses grow or overcome barriers to full operation. These grants prioritize Black-owned and women-owned businesses, addressing systemic disinvestment and inequitable access to capital. Eligible businesses in Philadelphia with annual revenues between $50,000 and $750,000 can apply for funding to achieve long-term stability and growth. APPLY TODAY: https://lnkd.in/e--HWiwu Support Black-owned businesses by joining the African American Chamber of Commerce for PA, NJ & DE. Together, we build wealth and drive economic impact in our communities. #ImpactInAction #DrivingChange #EconomicImpact #EmpoweringBusinesses #CreatingOpportunities #TangibleImpact

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Behind every number in our FY24 Impact Report—every loan and consulting hour—is a story of community, empowerment, and transformation: 👉 Local nonprofits expanding their reach, now equipped with additional program space to better serve the community. This means more impactful services and a wider support net for those who need it. 👉 Community land trusts empowered to transform neighborhoods by creating and preserving affordable housing, providing stability for low- to moderate-income families and individuals. 👉 Entrepreneurs revitalizing their communities by launching and growing businesses that create jobs and services, driving local economic development. Each story is a testament to how strategic advising and investment can catalyze significant community change. Learn more in our FY24 Impact Report: https://buff.ly/48MOgJ6 #CommunityVision #CommunityOwnership #CommunityEmpowerment #SocialPurposeRealEstate #SocialChange #EconomicDevelopment 

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The State Small Business Credit Initiative (“SSBCI”) Technical Assistance Funding (“TA”) Program’s primary purpose is to help Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individual (“SEDI”)-owned businesses and Very Small Businesses (“VSB”) access and apply for funding from an SSBCI supported program or other federal or other jurisdiction small business program. The SSBCI TA Program prioritizes services from technical assistance providers that will meet program goals as outlined by US Treasury and serve SEDI-owned businesses and VSBs applying for SSBCI funding (together, “Applicants”) including services that:   • Increase awareness and readiness for Applicants applying for capital from an SSBCI funded equity program; • Result in the successful acquisition of capital as well as supportive services post SSBCI financing; • Increase legal, accounting, and financial management skills of Applicants; and, • Support coverage across all ten (10) New York State regions.   TA will support a range of assistance including legal, accounting, and financial services to certain businesses applying to the Pre-Seed/Seed Fund, Innovation Venture Capital Fund, Community and Regional Partner Fund, and Emerging and Regional Partner Program Fund (“SSBCI Equity Programs”). Empire State Development (“ESD”) seeks proposals from organizations that meet the previously stated purpose and objectives of the SSBCI TA program (“Eligible Respondents”). ESD’s SSBCI Equity Programs TA is targeted towards venture capital fund managers (“Emerging and Regional Fund Managers”) accelerators/incubators that make equity investments (“Accelerator Fund Managers”), and founders/CEOs of high growth start-ups (“Founders”).   Eligible Respondent’s may elect to focus on supporting Emerging and Regional Fund Managers and Accelerator Fund Managers (together, “Fund Managers”) and/or Founders who are applying for SSBCI Equity Programs.   Please find the full RFA here: https://lnkd.in/eBi4bxcr IMPORTANT: This e-mail message and any attachments contain information intended for the exclusive use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this information may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. Please immediately notify the sender by electronic mail or notify the System Administrator by telephone (518)292-5180 or e-mail ([email protected]) and delete the message. Thank you.

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Are you a donor? Grantmaker?  Do you have 10 minutes? Help our colleagues at 21/64 and the National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers (NNCG) gain valuable insights on how you engage philanthropy consultants or advisors to advance your giving. Click here to start the survey >> https://lnkd.in/ejBbSgt7

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Designed especially for the #nonprofit environment, the Essentials for Successful Fundraising Research textbook covers key research skills to add to your fundraising best practices toolkit. Buy now: https://lnkd.in/eATGYpC3 Or take the next step and enroll in the Essentials for Successful Fundraising Research course! 👇 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eh9AZZ7P #fundraising #prospectresearch #profilestrategies

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