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April 10, 2021


EXPERT ADVICE
Capital Campaign-HP
Capital campaigns are multi-year undertakings with the potential to completely reshape your nonprofit’s ability to pursue its mission. They’re intensive projects, and we’re continuing to experience an uncertain fundraising landscape. MORE






Mass Humanities HP
April 8, 2021 — Mass Humanities, a Northampton nonprofit that conducts and supports programs that use history, literature, philosophy, and the other humanities disciplines to improve civic life, today announced that it awarded $251,499 to 59 nonprofit organizations across Massachusetts. MORE


Amy Brady HP
April 5, 2021 — The Orion Society, a nonprofit based in Great Barrington that publishes Orion, a bimonthly publication focused on nature and culture, recently announced that it has appointed Amy Brady as its executive director. MORE


Cambridge Community Foundation-HP
April 3, 2021 — The Cambridge Community Foundation this week announced it awarded $533,000 to 73 nonprofits that are providing services to city residents related to youth and education, housing, hunger, homelessness, elder services, financial empowerment, the arts, COVID-19 relief, and racial justice. MORE


Arlington Eats HP
April 1, 2021 — Arlington EATS, an Arlington-based nonprofit that works to eliminate food insecurity in the town, announced that it raised $50,000 via a virtual event, beating its goal by 25%, while engaged in a capital campaign to fund a permanent home. MORE


April 9, 2021 — Six Massachusetts nonprofits recently were awarded $13.7 million in state funding to support development of supportive housing in Amherst, Boston, Brockton, Quincy, Salem, and Worcester. MORE


Board members-HP
April 8, 2021 — Even as the coronavirus pandemic hopefully recedes, many nonprofits will continue to face higher demand and less revenue, requiring board members to support their executive directors, perhaps more than ever before, and do whatever it takes to attract and retain staff, Massachusetts nonprofit leaders were told Wednesday. MORE


April 4, 2021 — Thirty-six nonprofit community health centers across Massachusetts, from the Berkshires to the Cape and Islands, were awarded $143 million—an average of $3.98 million each—from the recently enacted American Rescue Plan response to the coronavirus pandemic, which for some grantees represents the largest financial infusion in their history. MORE


Chris Cook HP
April 2, 2021 — The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, a Boston nonprofit that manages the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, on Wednesday announced it named Chris Cook as its next executive director. MORE


NONPROFIT ROUNDUP
April 6, 2021 — NeedyMeds ranked among best nonprofits to work for in the U.S. Wellspring House launches free, online community resource. City of Boston inviting nonprofits to apply for digital equity grants. MORE










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