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NPAction Update Vol 3, Issue 16

NPAction Update
Vol 3, Issue 16
9/07/2005

Welcome to the new edition of the NPAction Update!

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In This Issue:

*Featured Article- Showcase Groups: Non-Profits Advocate with Props*
*New Articles- Tips to Increase Funding for your Organization *
*Featured Resource Link- FirstGov for Non-profits and Resources to Help Hurricane Victims*

*Featured Article*

*Showcase Groups: Non-profits Advocate with Props*

Non-profits often struggle with innovative ways to increase attention to their campaigns with limited funding. However, with creativity, many groups have proven that a little money can go a long way. Similar to business marketing strategies, the issue's featured article showcases non-profits across the country that are using props in advocacy to increase visibility with consumers, youth advocates, and elected officials.

*New Articles- Tips to Increase Funding for your Organization*

Ten Tips For Grantwriting
It is good to learn from our own mistakes; it is even better to learn from the mistakes of others! Here are some tips on writing grant proposals, as you seek financial support for your important work.

How and Why To Follow Up with Grantors
Once you have submitted a letter of intent or full proposal on behalf of your nonprofit organization, you may not receive an immediate response from the grantor. The following article includes useful reasons and tips to following up on a grant proposal.

Special Events: A Recipe For Success
Bring up the idea of staging a new special event at your next staff or board meeting, and chances are you will be met with shrieks of horror, glazed expressions and incoherent mumbling. Rare indeed is the nonprofit organization that approaches a sit-down dinner or a Las Vegas night with glee.

*Featured Resource Link*

The NPAction Resource Links Directory is a compendium of tools and references, for nonprofits.

FirstGov for Non-profits
A U.S. government webpage that has information and links to Agency-Specific Nonprofit Resources, Fundraising and Outreach, Grants, Loans and Other Assistance, Laws & Regulations, Management and Operations, Online Services, Registration and Licensing, and Tax Information.

Help Hurricane Victims

FirstGov.gov also has information on Hurricane Katrina Recovery. Including links to Find Family and Friends: Government Sources, Find Family and Friends: Non-Government Sources, How To Get Help, Shelter and Housing for Victims, Donate and Volunteer, Health and Safety, and What Government is Doing.

The Network for Good also has a list of places you can donate to help victims of hurricane Katrina and links to resources where you can read more information and find out what else you can do to help.

*"Steal This Code": Put NPAction on Your Site*

NPAction invites organizations to share our tools on their websites. Just copy the HTML code from our site, and you're ready to go (but when you steal the code, just let us know!).

"Steal the Code" today
http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/600/1/1988

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