Are our attitudes toward nonprofit fundraising undermining the causes we love and our desire to change the world? Dan Pallotta, the founder of the AIDS Ride and Breast Cancer 3-Day events, gave a bold speech on the subject for TED, a nonprofit devoted to "Ideas Worth...
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2014-15 AmeriCorps State Grant Funding
The Indiana Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) is accepting concept papers and notices of intent for 2014-15 AmeriCorps state grant funding. AmeriCorps is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), an...
48 Success Indicators in Early Education
Transform Consulting Group is always looking for useful frameworks for organizations to measure success. A new report developed by FSG with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, “Markers that Matter: Success Indicators in Early Learning and Education,”...
Transformational Organizations: Goodwill of Central Indiana
Goodwill of Central Indiana is transforming lives and having a ripple effect right here in our community. Ever wonder what happens to your donations after you drop them off? Did you know that when you donate to Goodwill, nothing goes to waste? Your donation...
New Race to the Top Grant Opportunity for Schools and Community Organizations
The U.S. Department of Education is accepting applications for its $120 million Race to the Top district level grant competition, which will support bold, locally directed improvements in learning and teaching that will directly improve student achievement and...
Schools with Community Partnerships Offer the Best Results
A new paper from the Coalition for Community Schools demonstrates the importance of community schools and explores the relationship between community schools, Promise Neighborhoods, and other cradle-to-career, place-based strategies. The Role of Community...
21st Century Fundraising: Using Integrated Campaigns
Last month, Transform Consulting Group blogged about the reasons snail mail is still a relevant fundraising channel. However, fundraisers can no longer afford to have separate approaches to their direct-mail and online appeals and are turning instead to integrated...
Wellpoint Foundation Grant Window Open
Transform Consulting Group wants local nonprofits to know that the Wellpoint Foundation's grant window is open for projects in Indiana and other Wellpoint operating states for projects that improve the lives of people and health. The Foundation currently has...
41 Key Indicators of American Children’s Well-Being
At Transform Consulting Group, we love data! The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics has released America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2013. The report features statistics on children and families in the United States...
Social Impact Bonds: A New Form of Public-Private Funding
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government recently announced six winners of a national competition to provide state and local governments with technical assistance to develop pay-for-success contracts using social impact...