2020 Recovery Month: Celebrating The Power of Connection

September is National Recovery Month, and we’re thrilled to highlight and celebrate the work of three of our partners this month. The theme for 2020, “Join the Voices for Recovery: Celebrating Connections,” reminds people in recovery and those who support them that we all have victories to celebrate and we cannot do it...

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2020 Recovery Month: Celebrating The Power of Connection

September is National Recovery Month, and we’re thrilled to highlight and celebrate the work of three of our partners this month. The theme for 2020, “Join the Voices for Recovery: Celebrating Connections,” reminds people in recovery and those who support them that we all have victories to celebrate and we cannot do it...

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2020 Recovery Month: Celebrating The Power of Connection

September is National Recovery Month, and we’re thrilled to highlight and celebrate the work of three of our partners this month. The theme for 2020, “Join the Voices for Recovery: Celebrating Connections,” reminds people in recovery and those who support them that we all have victories to celebrate and we cannot do it...

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High Impact: Nonprofits’ Effects on the Social Sector

By Peter Gamache, Ph.D. & Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS, Turnaround Life, Inc. America’s 1.3 million nonprofits heal, feed, educate, shelter and inspire people of every race, gender and socioeconomic status. We drive economic growth, foster leadership and civic engagement and strengthen our communities. Every individual in the benefits from...

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High Impact: Nonprofits’ Effects on the Economic Sector

By Peter Gamache, Ph.D. & Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS, Turnaround Life, Inc. Few would dispute that nonprofits play a vital role in building healthy communities, but they may not fully understand the nonprofit sector’s crucial contributions to our healthy economy. Data from the National Council of Nonprofits and Urban...

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High Impact Virtual Fundraising Tips

By Peter Gamache, Ph.D. & Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS, Turnaround Life, Inc. In a year when a global pandemic has turned our lives—individually and organizationally—upside down, nonprofits still have opportunities to connect and engage—and, yes, even fundraise—virtually. Fundraising is possible and happening for those organizations that have their tools...

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Find the Funding: Grant Management Best Practices

By Peter Gamache, Ph.D. & Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS, Turnaround Life, Inc. Grant management may seem intimidating and complicated—and it does require careful preparation and execution. Poor grant management is one of the fastest ways to damage a reputation with a funder and ensure you lose those necessary dollars....

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Find the Funding: Grant Writing Best Practices

By Peter Gamache, Ph.D. & Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS, Turnaround Life, Inc. Learning how to write a compelling grant proposal is the first step to gaining funding. A poor proposal can make a negative impression on funders and lower your chances of winning the funding. Generally, good grant writing...

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Find the Funding: Four Simple Rules for Donor Proposals

By Jay Wilson, APR, CPRC Fundraising is the lifeblood of any nonprofit, and a clean, well-written funding proposal serves as a critical first step. For many fundraising executives, writing a proposal for a prospective donor can be a difficult proposition, but used properly, a written proposal can facilitate the gift...

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Co-Creating Community Change

By Peter Gamache, Ph.D. & Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS, Turnaround Life, Inc. Established in 2015 under another name, the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (FHSP) is a relatively young organization serving Pinellas County, Fla. But its focus and mission—“to improve the health and well-being of our community through...

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