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Strategies for a Changing Northern New England: Maine Fact Sheet
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November 2016
A fact sheet on immigration and demographic change in Maine, developed in June 2016.
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GCIR Resources for Funders on Immigration
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November 2016
Two fact sheets for funders on immigration developed by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and shared at the 10/20/2016 Community-Engaged Grantmaking workshop. The first is Talking Points on Immigration for Funders, the second is a Funders Guide to Grants and Immigration Status.
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Resource Guide: Strategic Financial Assessment for Healthier Nonprofits
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November 2016
Resource guide and presentation from the workshop “Strategic Financial Assessment for Healthier Nonprofits” presented by Nonprofit Finance Fund and hosted by the Maine Philanthropy Center on November 9, 2016.
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Inclusion and Equity Brown-Bag Lunch: Grantmaking for Racial Equity
Thursday, January 19, 2017 |
11:30am to 1:00pm
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Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry
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January 2015
A toolkit for responding to everyday bigotry. Developed by the Southern Law Poverty Center, the guide (available in pdf and website formats) provides advice and suggestions for responding to everyday bigotry in a variety of settings-- among family, among friends and neighbors, at work, at school, and in public. In the making of this book, the Southern Poverty Law Center gathered hundreds of stories of everyday bigotry from people across the United States. They told their stories through email, personal interviews and at roundtable discussions in four cities: Baltimore, Md.; Columbia, S.C.;...
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Get on the Map Resources
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December 2016
Background information: More information on the Get on the Map Campaign including what other Regional Associations are involved, and upcoming webinars from the Foundation Center on the project Presentation from the Get on the Map Campaign Launch Foundation Center's recorded training on Get on the Map Information about uploading your grants: eGrant reporting template Grants Management Software that supports eGrant reporting to the Foundation Center Information on the Excel template for eGrant reporting and the email address for reporting NEW! FAQ for using the template and uploading your...
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MPC Member Spotlight: Carolyn Wollen of the Betterment Fund
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12/23/2016
We talked with Carolyn Wollen from the Betterment Fund, a private foundation with a primary geographic focus on western Maine and other rural Maine areas. Read on to hear from Carolyn about spy novels, philanthropy tradecraft, and working toward systemic change.
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Corporate Webinar: Setting the Stage for Success with Strategic Planning
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December 2016
A webinar for corporate funders focused on the fundamentals of effective strategic planning to build or refine philanthropic programs.
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Corporate Webinar: Taking Employee Engagement to New Heights
Thursday, March 30, 2017 |
1:00pm to 2:00pm
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Inclusion and Equity Brown-Bag Lunch: Grants for Change at Maine Initiatives
Thursday, March 2, 2017 |
11:30am to 1:00pm
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Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations
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April 2007
Practical suggestions for good disaster grantmaking This guide was developed by a joint working group of the Council on Foundations and the European Foundation Centre. It identifies eight principles of good disaster grantmaking and offers a number of tips to help grantmakers address disasters more effectively, including facts and figures about recent major disasters around the world and a list of useful disaster information websites.
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How to Argue Fairly and Without Rancor
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11/16/2016
Six suggestions from psychologists and philosophers for "communicating without rancor or faulty reasoning with someone who has an opposing viewpoint."
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Bolder Advocacy
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December 2016
An initiative of the Alliance for Justice, Bolder Advocacy promotes active engagement in democratic processes and institutions by giving nonprofits and foundations the confidence to advocate effectively and by protecting their right to do so.
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Eastern Maine Needs Assessment - Phase 1 Report Released
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12/01/2016
A report of findings from the first phase of United Way of Eastern Maine's three-part community assessment and engagement process.
Digging into Trends: Operating Support and Maine’s Foundations (Part 2)
Friday, April 7, 2017 |
9:30am to 11:30am
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Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations
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April 2007
This guide was developed by a joint working group of the Council on Foundations and the European Foundation Centre. It identifies eight principles of good disaster grantmaking and offers a number of tips to help grantmakers address disasters more effectively, including facts and figures about recent major disasters around the world and a list of useful disaster information websites.
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