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Americans like to support their favorite charities, and they're doing it more and more online. Nonprofit consulting firm Convio recently released a study showing that nonprofits raised more than $1.3 billion over the Internet last year, while the average online gift jumped to over $90.
Summer proposal season is upon us, and funders want to know: Does your program save money?  The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness has launched a new web site which helps programs show funders that ending homelessness is not only right, it's cost effective too. It features a study of supportive housing programs and other evidence-based strategies, breaking down the savings...
Homeless youth can cost taxpayers millions of dollars each year as they cycle in and out of the juvenile justice system, emergency rooms, foster care and schools. New Avenues for Youth, a service provider in Portland, OR, recently published a cost/benefit analysis of their homeless youth services that could serve as a useful model for other agencies. The report provides cost figures and...
NCFY is pleased to announce that we are adding video to the menu of products we offer to help you serve young people and families as effectively as possible. In our first series, "What's Your Elevator Speech?", we asked youth workers to give us their best pitches telling viewers what their organization does to help youth--and why viewers should support it.
NCFY is pleased to announce that we are adding video to the menu of products we offer to help you serve young people and families as effectively as possible. In our first series, "What's Your Elevator Speech?", we asked youth workers to give us their best pitches telling viewers what their organization does to help youth--and why viewers should support it.
When the curtain went up on the fifth annual “Dance with the Stars & Conway’s Got Talent” show, there wasn’t an empty seat in the house. Choosing to Excel recently held the fundraiser to help support its Conway, Arkansas-based Mentoring Children of Prisoners program. The talent show featured home-grown celebrities like Miss Arkansas and local news anchors. The...
NCFY is pleased to announce that we are adding video to the menu of products we offer to help you serve young people and families as effectively as possible. In our first series, "What's Your Elevator Speech?", we asked youth workers to give us their best pitches telling viewers what their organization does to help youth--and why viewers should support it.
Youth Emergency Services and Subia, Inc., a Subway restaurant franchise, have been collaborating for years to help Omaha, NE's homeless youth. In this podcast, they talk about the benefits and origins of their unique relationship. Time: 3:56 | Size: 3.6 MB | Transcript
Do Something, a New York organization that awards grants to youth-led service projects, gets a lot of applications from young people wanting to start organic community gardens.
At a time when many corporations have cut back on charitable donations, a youth-serving organization in Fayetteville, AR, has beat the odds. Youth Bridge, which serves runaway and homeless youth and teens with substance abuse and mental health problems, has more than tripled corporate donations as a percentage of its annual budget over the past three years, says Nancy Hairston, the organization...
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