Nonprofit News: April 2024 | |
Congratulations on a Successful
2024 Giving Challenge!
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In just 24 hours, our friends and neighbors raised more than $17.2 million in unrestricted funding to the 724 nonprofits that took part in the 2024 Giving Challenge, affirming the appreciation our community has for the transformative work you do.
Of the total, more than $6.7 million was contributed by our partners at The Patterson Foundation through their generous 1:1 match, which inspires giving and accounts for a significant amount of Giving Challenge fundraising through the years. Read more about Giving Challenge results here.
Congratulations for all participants and thank you for Being The One to make a difference in our community!
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Post-Giving Challenge Prize Applications Deadline | | |
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2024 Giving Challenge Wrap Up Party | | |
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Post-Giving Challenge Survey Opens | | |
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Post-Giving Challenge Survey Closes | | |
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2024 Giving Challenge Checks Mailed Out | |
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Additional
Giving Challenge Prizes
Curious to know who has won additional prize opportunities from the Giving Challenge? Head over to the Prize page to see additional award winners. Some new awards announced are All Volunteer Organizations, Giving Challenge Newbies and Devoted to DeSoto.
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Nonprofit News is your source for the 2024 Giving Challenge, including trainings, workshops, and other important updates. If you miss an issue of Nonprofit News, you can revisit archived editions with relevant 2024 Giving Challenge content anytime on the Giving Challenge website's Communication Library page at GivingChallenge.org. | |
Please contact the Giving Challenge team at GivingChallenge@CFSarasota.org with any questions you may have. | |
Community Dashboard Trainings
Join a Learning Session in June
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Data gives us the opportunity to better understand the lives of all our community members. It helps us be data-informed, inclusive, and equitable in the ways we seek to increase child and family well-being as part of a strategic 2Gen-informed approach.
Join us for a training on the Community Indicators Dashboard. The Dashboard provides insights for philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, businesses, government, and learning institutions to guide informed decisions utilizing data from reputable sources set in local context.
What You'll Learn:
- Dashboard data points, interactive charts, maps and visualizations related to county profiles, education, economy, health, and housing
- How to utilize the Dashboard for program and service development, grant applications, building awareness with stakeholders, research, content development and more
- How to download content and embed them to reports, communications or grant applications
Session Dates & Locations:
- 9:30am - 10:30am, June 4, 2024
- Goodwill, 1701 E Oak St, Arcadia, FL 34266
- 9:30am - 10:30am, June 13, 2024
- Sarasota City Center, 1819 Main Street, Sarasota, FL 34236
- 9:30am - 10:30am, June 27, 2024
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Venice Chamber of Commerce, 597 S Tamiami Trail, Venice, FL 34285
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Programmatic Grants
Apply by May 1, 2024
Programmatic grants support organizations and programs that provide access to education, health care, or basic human needs for people who face systemic barriers in our community.
The application deadline for our next cycle is May 1, 2024.
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Food Justice for Kids
Apply by June 11
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Newman’s Own Foundation envisions the United States as a country where all children have access to nutritious, culturally relevant foods; learn about healthy foods and sustainable food systems; and have opportunities to grow, gather, and cook food and be nourished physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
To help nourish and transform the lives of children who face adversity in the U.S., Newman’s Own Foundation is launching the Food Justice for Kids Prize, focused on two priority program areas: (1) Indigenous Food Justice and (2) Nutrition Education and School Food.
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GoodUse Grants by Southface
Apply by June 14
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GoodUse helps nonprofits reduce utility costs and reinvest those savings into their programs. Southface provides technical assistance and education while partnering foundations provide matching grants to nonprofit partners, applying them to facility and operational upgrades that increase resource efficiency, lower expenses and improve indoor health.
Visit their FAQs page to learn more about the GoodUse program and apply to their next grant cycle by June 14.
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Impact100 SRQ
Apply by July 17, 2024
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Founded in 2018, Impact100 SRQ brings together a diverse group of women that annually fund transformational grants to local nonprofits in both Sarasota and Manatee Counties.
The grant application eligibility form for the Impact100 SRQ 2024 grant process is now open. Eligibility forms are due by July 8th and the grant application is due by July 17 at 12 noon. Organizations apply in one of the five focus areas: Arts, Culture & History; Education; Environment & Recreation; Family; or Health & Wellness.
For more information about the grant application process, contact
grants@impact100srq.org.
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Nonprofit Job Bank
Whether you're seeking a new nonprofit position or you want to post an open position at your organization, your local resource is the Association of Fundraising Professionals Southwest Florida Chapter's Job Bank, supported by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.
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