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Project Budgeting for New Grant Writers

Peak Proposals

Grant proposals have at least two parts: the project narrative and the budget (aka cost proposal). There may not be a division of responsibilities between the cost and narrative proposals at a small nonprofit, leaving the project lead (or the grant writer) to both write the proposal narrative and prepare the budget.

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Funding, innovation, AI and more: What to expect at AWS Imagine Nonprofit 2025

AWS Public Sector Blog

This no-cost, in-person event helps nonprofits rethink whats possible for their missions with cloud technology. The event will feature presentations from Bernice Martin Lee, CEO of the Epilepsy Foundation , and Niraj Swami, senior director of conservation tech strategy and enablement at The Nature Conservancy.

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Concerts for Carers uses AWS Fargate, Amazon Aurora to deliver ticketing and events platform at any scale

AWS Public Sector Blog

Charitable organizations see spikes in activity as they respond to disasters, host seasonal events, and perform outreach to their donor base during fundraising appeals. As well as serving API requests, the platform uses Amazon ECS tasks for performing background processes such as informing users that they have won tickets to a given event.

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Amid rising costs, states scramble to budget for natural disasters

GCN

State budgets are increasingly shouldering the costs of more frequent and expensive weather events. set a new record for billion-dollar climate disasters in 2023.

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Public Safety Starts with Smart Procurement

American City & Country

Ensuring public safety at large-scale events, whether concerts, sports games, or community gatherings, comes with unique challenges. With the responsibility of protecting attendees, crowd control, and maintaining security, procurement teams play a critical role in making sure the staff has everything they need to execute the event.

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Creating intelligent city streets in Philadelphia Navy Yard with AWS Partner Rekor Systems

AWS Public Sector Blog

One of their key goals was to gain greater visibility into the impact that road closures and construction have on mobility and learn how to improve mobility during significant projects and events. With these solutions, the Navy Yard can support the community while utilizing ground truth data across planning objectives and support budgeting.

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Community Engagement Trends for 2025

Social Pinpoint

Our role allows us to attend industry events and speak with current customers to learn more about community engagement. This includes offering financial compensation for participation, providing translation services, and holding events in more accessible locations or times. In this case, predicting community engagement trends for 2025.