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Ever wonder what Montana’s nonprofit sector looks like?
Through the Montana Nonprofit Sector Report, MNA aims to build awareness about the sector and educate policymakers, the media, and the general public regarding the role nonprofits play in healthy and vibrant economies.
Youth movements: Cultural, arts outlets seek young patrons
"Our grandfathers are the ones that built these institutions, and we are the stewards that must keep them going," Nault said. "It’s not so much about the arts; it’s about the community.”
Got a great cause? Here’s how to build clout.
The key, according to those who have had success, requires adapting one’s tactics to the particular organization.
Bike quest: Missoula-based organization, Adventure Cycling Association maps routes for road riders
Adventure Cycling’s Web site http://www.adventurecycling.org/ also includes a wealth of information, including what type of bike to ride, gear to carry and training tips. It even advises that riders not take the Great Divide Route solo and offers a message board so riders can hook up for trips.
Montana Nonprofit Association News
The MNA eNews is a source of timely information on all things nonprofit in Montana, including training events, funding opportunities, new services available through MNA and our partners, and more.
EBay, Intel tout gadget recycling program – Growing issue: A study finds half of U.S. households have working but unused equipment
The effort is centered around a Web site, at http://ebay.com/rethink, where Americans with unused gadgets can get information on how to get rid of them safely.
How to Build a Nonprofit That Meets a Social Goal
Rather than lurch from grant to grant, these founders are starting for-profit/nonprofit hybrids and applying business tactics to expand their reach and make better use of available resources. They’re embracing the wave of productivity savings unleashed in the economy in the 1990s — new information technologies, smarter financing strategies, savvy alliances.
The Change Masters – How do you solve the world’s problems? With creativity, passion, and the savvy to turn scarce resources into big impact.
"Whatever our professions, we are all citizens, and we all care deeply about unmet social needs — which is precisely where social entrepreneurs make their essential contribution," says Mark Fuller, Monitor’s chairman. "But good intentions are not enough. To put that vision into action, their efforts must meet the harsh test of performance, and their labors the demanding standards of accountability."
An emerging philanthropic trend: the ‘giving circle’
Poor or rich, 20-somethings or retirees, more and more women are forming charitable investment clubs to research, socialize, and give – and in the process, they’re revitalizing personal philanthropy, seizing on causes from battered children to relief for tsunami victims.
Non-profit organizations are learning how to behave like corporations, thanks to a program that teaches them how to fish for funds
"We teach them how to do things for themselves, and how to turn the things that they know how to do already . . . into revenue-generating endeavors," said Bob Price, the center’s chairman.
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