Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 12, 2023

80 percent of respondents are public authorities, though land banks vary in shape and size from divisions of government to private nonprofit entities. Continued support, education, and advocacy towards local-level political leadership is necessary for effective long-term partnerships.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 25, 2023

Our response was informed by our longstanding engagement in disinvested communities with vulnerable populations underserved by traditional housing financing and our work supporting land banks that repurpose vacant inventory into affordable homeownership opportunities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

This data empowers global researchers and policymakers to make informed decisions and develop targeted strategies and advocacy efforts that mitigate the harmful effects of air pollution. Besides the AirGradient Map , the data is also fed to open source platform OpenAQ , which provides real-time access to air quality data globally.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

The AWS IMAGINE Grant is a yearly program designed for nonprofits in the US to pursue technology-driven projects to advance their mission. To deliver on its mission, the Special Olympics team built a serverless fan engagement app powered by AWS ahead of the 2022 games. At previous events, fans only had access to a basic app.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 25, 2022

In response, ANDP’s board of directors unanimously voted to redirect all organization programming (housing development, lending, and advocacy) toward combating metro Atlanta’s devastating tide of foreclosures. ANDP’s work has primarily benefitted low-income families, first-time homebuyers, African Americans, and female heads of household.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

OCTOBER 23, 2022

You can also look at the websites of advocacy organizations that are led by people within those communities. Many grant writers and nonprofits assume that using emotional or charged language to describe their target population’s situation will increase interest and support for their programs. Focus on facts. This can be true.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 24, 2022

“This is a great opportunity for our team of resident leaders to learn from other communities and experts, to bring good ideas home to Syracuse, and to work with neighbors to develop a project that will beautify and engage the community.”. The Syracuse fellows are: Patrona Jones?Rowser Loíza, Puerto Rico.

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Stewardship Grassroots Urban Planning Leadership 52

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Our blog posts typically focus on grant strategies for nonprofit institutions. However, many of the principles will also apply to researchers based outside of the US as well as to nonprofits. In this post, we’re going to focus on a different topic for a more targeted audience. The topic is research funding.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 31, 2024

I mean how could the schools advocacy publication Catalyst , which was focused solely on Chicago's schools, go out of business (" Linda Lenz, founding editor of Catalyst Chicago, dies at 77 | Technical assistance for local schools advocates ") if there were serious technical assistance provided to Chicago's LSCs.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 21, 2023

Plus, understanding NLP can enhance your ability to create more engaging and readable content, as you’ll have a deeper understanding of how language can be processed and interpreted by both AI and humans. These AI-related skills not only help you make better use of AI technology but also set you apart in a crowded job market.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

But there have been a bunch of Associated Press articles in my newsfeed, which clued me in. -- " Volunteers speak on why they serve and why more people don’t " -- " Nonprofits scramble for help amid dearth of volunteers " -- " New to volunteering? A How-To-Guide to find the right fit " -- " Why are volunteerism rates uneven?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“Jace dedicated the last two years of his life to championing research and coined the phrase ‘DIPG won’t wait’,” said Lisa Ward, Jace’s mom and co-founder of Tough2gether Against DIPG/DMG , a patient advocacy organization that works closely with the CBTN. Now available: New AWS program supporting nonprofit donor and member engagement.

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