FreeFrom creates pathways to financial security and long-term safety that support survivors of gender-based violence. We’re happy to have them as a member of The Greater Sum’s 2020 Nonprofit Cohort!
Grant Partner Spotlight: FreeFrom
Grant Partner Spotlight: Child Life Disaster Relief
Child Life Disaster Relief empowers and supports children and families in crises by integrating child life professionals’ services into impacted communities. If you’ve never met a child life professional, I encourage you to learn more about their work.
Grant Partner Spotlight: Cures within Reach for Cancer
Cures Within Reach for Cancer is a nonprofit startup creating new and affordable cancer treatments using artificial intelligence (AI) to repurpose non-cancer generic drugs. We’re happy to spotlight their work, and to have them as a member of The Greater Sum’s 2020 Nonprofit Cohort.
Like many organizations, CWR4C has been influenced by COVID-19. Cancer patients are a particularly vulnerable population when it comes to COVID-19 infection. Many of the treatments being evaluated for COVID-19 are repurposed generic drugs, and some also have documented effects on cancer. CWR4C is deploying their evidence synthesis technology to understand how COVID-19 drugs affect cancer. Their findings will help cancer patients who also have COVID-19 make critical treatment decisions. Follow them at @CWR4C for updates!
Grant Partner Spotlight: SafeBAE
We're proud to have SafeBAE as a member of TGS' 2020 Nonprofit Cohort, and happy to share with you their work to end sexual assault among middle and high school students.
SafeBAE continues to support teens during our current period of physical distancing. They are transforming their May 2020 Summits into virtual events, providing important tools for online safety, and exploring what red flags for dating violence looks like in our current state of isolation. Follow them @safebae for important updates during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Going Virtual: NonProfit Events Redefined for COVID-19
Connecting with donors and offering them a compelling experience for their contribution is essential to all nonprofit organizations. That’s why EVENTS have dominated fundraising for 85% of nonprofits. But fundraising events are more than just the donations. They’re about building relationships for your nonprofit and its cause. More important than the amount of money you raise in a single day are the long-term donations, awareness, and loyalty you develop for your nonprofit.
So how do you continue to build these relationships during a crisis when all events are cancelled?
Grant Partner Spotlight: Lori's Hands
COVID19 Nonprofit Sector Update
Sight Visit: Growing Change
What's in a Bowl of Soup?
What comes to mind when you hear the word “SOUP”? A hearty bowl of chowder, a conversation starter, or a platform for bringing people and ideas together? Well, for Amy Kaherl, it’s all three. She founded Detroit SOUP in the Mexicantown neighborhood of Detroit in February 2010 and it has grown from strength to strength since
Sight Visit: Digital Harbor Foundation
Hi! I’m Serena Hawtin, Communications Specialist for The Greater Sum Foundation. I recently visited Digital Harbor, a member of our 2018 Nonprofit Cohort, to learn how some of their makerspace innovations could be implemented by after-school programs in other communities. Come along with me on a Greater Sum Sight Visit - a look at how Digital Harbor introduces students to high tech, high demand career skills in a fun, engaging makerspace after school.
Founder Story: MilkCrate
Morgan Berman combined her professional experience working in nonprofits, design education, and love of tech to create MilkCrate, a company that creates gamified apps for nonprofits. These apps help nonprofits track outcomes and engagement at a reasonable price point, making MilkCrate a great “representative that business can be a force for good in the world.” We sat down with Morgan to talk about how MilkCrate came to be, their work with nonprofit and foundation clients, and how she navigates self care as a start-up founder.
LISTEN to our interview with Morgan
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Interested in connecting with MIlkCrate? They’re hosting a Syposium on Foundation and Nonprofit Impact Tracking in Philadelphia this Friday, February 6th. Click here to learn more!
Founder Stories: Reflecting on 25 Years of Scholarships, Mentors, and Hope with Take Stock in Children Founder Don Pemberton
Twenty-five years ago, Florida’s low-income, academically qualified youth were given a unique chance to break the cycle of poverty and earn college degrees. It all started with a nonprofit program of mentoring and scholarship launched in 1995 by a former school guidance counselor. Called Take Stock in Children, the program, built on the experience of one counselor in one Florida county, had blanketed the state within six months. Founder Don Pemberton cites three key factors to explain the program’s breathtaking success…
Greater Summit Wrap-Up
Founder Story: Heroic Gardens
Collie Turner, a daughter and granddaughter of US military veterans, founded Heroic Gardens to provide US Veterans and Active Duty members on a fixed income access to free gardening services at home or within their communities. The Philadelphia-based organization is in its second year of operation, and Collie took time to chat with us about the experience of starting a nonprofit, lessons learned, and plans for growth.
Charting a Course toward Impact: When to Invest
In Part 3 of blog contributor Ian Harvey’s three-part series, Charting a Course toward Impact, Ian covers strategies to make the most of donors’ investment in your organization.
Let’s imagine you have your goals and vision ready to present to potential donors. You have made your rounds and fundraising is going well.
The Art of Gathering: Wisdom You Won't Find in Any Old Place
The Five Operational Support Resources Every Nonprofit Needs
Many nonprofit founders start their organizations because they see an unmet need and have the skills or resources to fill it. The process of securing 501(c)(3) status is tedious, and many people assume THAT’S the big barrier they’ll face in starting a nonprofit. But consider the paperwork, red tape, and frustration still to come! (Sorry. You’ll also encounter lots of inspiration, camaraderie, and celebration -- I promise!)
Five operational support resources will help you succeed -- some you might have within your own skill set, others you might find among friends and family, and some you will have to outsource. But don’t launch a nonprofit without thinking through how you’ll handle each of the following…
Charting a Course toward Impact: Measuring Costs and Prioritizing Goals
In Part 2 of blog contributor Ian Harvey’s three-part series, Charting a Course toward Impact, Ian walks us through quantifying the costs of achieving our goals and then prioritizing them.
At this point, you have given some thought to your Values and started formulating your Goals. The next piece requires you understand how much the goals will cost, and in which order they should be completed.
Charting a Course toward Impact: Values and SMART Goals
As one of the most driven up-and-coming financial planner professionals in the profession today, TGS blog contributor Ian Harvey helps clients change their perspective on what is financially possible. Having a deep understanding in behavioral finance and investment management, Ian couples the two to create a strategic approach that is catered to the unique needs of every client and their financial goals. In this three-part blog series, Ian applies this approach to nonprofit management. We’re excited to hear from Ian, and hope this series will help you align your goals and financial planning with your vision for organizational impact.
Founder Story: FuelEd
When FuelEd founder Megan Marcus created a 10 person pilot program to test her theory that elements of therapist training would help teachers to build positive relationships at school, she could not have foreseen that seven short years later the program would have expanded to reach over 10,000 educators. Listen to our first “Founder Story” audio interview to learn more about how she and the FuelEd team are helping to put relationships at the center of schools across the country.
