AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Nonprofits can use CiviCRM to store contact data, send personalized messages, plan events, manage membership programs, organize advocacy campaigns, and more. To continue, you must have an AWS account with a user that has permissions to launch CloudFormation stacks and create resources. In my case, I entered civicrm.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To account for these limitations, we’re seeing land banks step in as the property developer. WVLSC provides as many additional resources for local land banks as possible, including convening monthly meetings to share best practices, training, and advocacy support. In advocacy work, I have found that to be particularly true.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 25, 2023

Most land banks have some type of enforcement mechanism or claw back provision to hold purchasers accountable, which can pose challenges for FHA underwriting. Community Progress also joined with our coalition colleagues from other national nonprofit housing and consumer finance advocacy organizations as signatory to a joint letter.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

MAY 20, 2021

On this episode of Iron Sharpens Iron, Leon and De’Wayne talk trash, advocacy, and civic engagement with Terrill Haigler a.k.a. Terrill shares why he launched the YaFavTrashman Instagram account last June, what it’s like to be a new community organizer, and why he’s so passionate about building relationships with people in positions of power.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

MAY 20, 2021

On this episode of Iron Sharpens Iron, Leon and De’Wayne talk trash, advocacy, and civic engagement with Terrill Haigler a.k.a. Terrill shares why he launched the YaFavTrashman Instagram account last June, what it’s like to be a new community organizer, and why he’s so passionate about building relationships with people in positions of power.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

That wealth has passed from generation to generation and accounts for a large part of the money tied up in foundations. They describe trust-based philanthropy as being “rooted in a set of values that help advance equity, shift power, and build mutually accountable relationships.”. The picture is honestly very ugly.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Run a community advocacy program . For those of you preparing for local elections, now is the time to kick off your community advocacy program to ensure you access the necessary funds and meet the growing needs of your community. . Account for skills & experience shortages.

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The City Fix

JUNE 26, 2023

Cities occupy just 3 percent of the Earth’s land, but account for most of the global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Many cities are also more vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters due to their population densities and interconnected infrastructure.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 17, 2023

Customers can also create and access a “my Social Security” account to view their Social Security statements, apply for a new Social Security card and estimate their retirement benefits. Users can find information regarding various SSA programs, as well as details regarding eligibility and application processes.

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 4, 2022

In their conversation with co-hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher, Ishimaru and Ma discussed: How they have applied their law training to pursue “mission-driven work” in the federal government and with policy advocacy nonprofit organizations. …We really think about each charge filed as a person.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 21, 2020

2: I Need a Grant—Can You Please Send Money to My Bank Account? Do you provide direct services to individuals, or are you an advocacy organization? Related to the first question, the second most common question we get relates to cash donation requests. Are you based in one country but seeking funding for programs based in another?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

And I have written about historic district signage (" Reassessing historic preservation on account of it being National Historic Preservation Month ," 2010).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

To that end, they turned to lobbying and advocacy to fend off any possible profit-reducing limitations that Congress might impose on them. 11] The history makes clear that the various GSEs often engage in lobbying and advocacy for favorable changes to legislation and regulation, potentially biasing the outcome. [12]

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

MAY 1, 2020

The piece that seems to be missing from the sometimes hyped advocacy for one of the two extreme positions is the ability to see in this “unfreezing” a chance to design something different, tailored to our needs and circumstances and not dictated by choices that reflect the world to which we might do well not to snap back so quickly.

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Grant Central USA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Secondly, ethical grant writing is a reflection of the nonprofit's commitment to responsible and accountable practices. When grantmakers have confidence in the integrity of the grant application process, they are more likely to support and fund the nonprofit's initiatives.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

The latter conference includes advocacy activities, while Park Pride focuses on technical training. I believe in conferences can be great training events. Park Pride , the friends group in Atlanta, and the Bay Area Open Space Council have annual conferences. Park People of Canada does local events and a national conference.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

In Part 1 of this series, it was estimated that total closing costs for both buyer and seller accounted for at least 7 to 11 percent of the purchase price of a typical home, surpassing the average 6 to 7 percent down payment made by first-time homebuyers (FTHBs). Appraisals.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

As described in Part 1 of this three-part series, MH – a term which in this paper refers to the factory-produced structure that is later sited on a residential lot – accounts for approximately six percent of owner- and renter-occupied housing in the U.S., with a much greater market share of 14 percent in rural geographies.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

MH units 1 currently account for about 6% of the U.S. MH units 1 currently account for about 6% of the U.S. Having to travel down highways naturally accounts for its long thin shape (which acts as a considerable design constraint). 24] Rural areas account for approximately 14% of the U.S. population.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 10, 2025

Queens and Brooklyn account for 88 percent of all at-risk homes (for data reasons, Staten Island is not included in our analysis). Table 1) Queens and Brooklyn account for 88 percent of all At-Risk and Higher Risk properties identified in our analysis. Queens and Brooklyn account for 88 percent of At-Risk and Higher Risk properties.

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Death and Taxes

JANUARY 28, 2021

As states consider tax-based approaches to bridging the gap, businesses and individuals will need to alter their strategic planning to account for potential tax increases. Join us on December 8, 2020, from 1-2:30 p.m EST for Tax Policy and Planning: How States Propose to Bridge COVID-19 Revenue Shortfall. This webinar, which provides 1.5

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. These pages, open to anyone with a Facebook account, include ‘friends’ not only from one’s home country or state, but from throughout the world. It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

Or is it just a case, in a highly politicized industry, of a politically convenient advocacy rationale to justify not increasing G-fees? But is this argument valid? For several reasons, in my view, the argument is not substantially valid. Also, the 0.10 6] It was officially adopted in 2017. [7]

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

14 Only when government gets involved – which is when policy and political concerns are combined with advocacy by ideological and economic interest groups – does one sometimes see something different, with the inevitably resulting cross-subsidies. 2] As measured by dollars outstanding. excluding home equity loans) financing.

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A Library Writer's Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The series helps answer the questions, How have libraries been managed and how could they be managed better?

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Super Library Marketing

JANUARY 6, 2025

An academic library marketer said, The university marketing department has completely shut down the library social media accounts and we cannot send mass emails. We are cultivating advocacy efforts among library student workers to use their own dept/program email groups to share library information.

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Partnership for Public Service

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Led by Jenny Mattingley, the Partnerships vice president of government affairs, the session welcomed Dana Gold from the Government Accountability Project and Joe Spielberger of the Project on Government Oversight. It’s a crucial mechanism for government accountability. What is whistleblowing?

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Super Library Marketing

MARCH 31, 2025

For some libraries, the funding from IMLS accounts for a huge percentage of their annual budget. The news that the current United States Presidential administration intends to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library services is devastating. In my day job with NoveList , Ive heard that some U.S.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

She was a leading member of the area transit advocacy group, LINK Houston. Last fall, the Houston Chronicle ran an obituary on one of Houston's foremost transit advocates, " Janis Scott, Houston's 'bus lady,' arts patron and tireless advocate for public transit, dies at 73."

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