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Trust-Based Philanthropy: Both Sides Need to Do Their Part

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

They spend money on fundraising and overhead activities to secure individual donations, increase marketing, host fundraising events, and submit and manage grants. An accounting of every penny is necessary. Foundations usually request additional documentation (IRS letters, audits, financial statements, annual reports, etc.)

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How one nonprofit commemorates enduring sibling relationships with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Any surviving sibling can go to SibsForever.org to create a no-cost account and build commemorative web pages for their sibling and sibling relationship, including photo and video galleries featuring themselves and their siblings. I relied heavily on documented best practices for building a resilient, secure, and scalable application.

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Announcing new AWS data connector for popular nonprofit CRM: Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT

AWS Public Sector Blog

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® is a leading customer relationship management (CRM) software used by nonprofits to communicate with donors and drive fundraising programs. Cloud-based CRM tools are routinely used to collect, analyze, and leverage data that can help accelerate fundraising.

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Using machine learning to customize your nonprofit’s direct mailings

AWS Public Sector Blog

Many organizations perform direct mailings, designed to support fundraising or assist with other efforts to help further the organization’s mission. The administrator receives an email via Amazon Simple Email Service ( Amazon SES ) with a link to download an updated version of the Excel document, which contains the personalization results.

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Creating a video storage and management system for your nonprofit

AWS Public Sector Blog

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly using videos to fundraise, raise awareness, and attract new members or donors. A fictitious customer, the Example Educational Fund of AnyTown, supports schools in its area by organizing fundraising events and creating programs for students.

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Managing nonprofit members and donors with CiviCRM on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

A common challenge that many users encounter with open source CRMs is a lack of documentation related to deploying them in the cloud. To continue, you must have an AWS account with a user that has permissions to launch CloudFormation stacks and create resources. In my account, the launch template has the name civicrm-wordpress.

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Writing Grants When You’re NOT a Grant Writer

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

They are firefighters, teachers, administrative assistants, program directors, accountants, and even elected officials and board members. Before you waste time going after grants that require documents and certain specifications, make sure your organization has what is needed. Take the time ensure your organization is grant ready.