Whether you’re starting a nonprofit from scratch, or you’re just looking to fund a specific community project or event, finding and applying for foundation grants can be an overwhelming process – especially if you don’t have a seasoned grant writer at your beck and call. For some nonprofits, just finding appropriate grant providers can feel …
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Did you know that your Poudre River Public Library District Card is your ticket to opportunity? Not only do you get access to free books, music, and movies through the Poudre River Libraries, you also get discounts and benefits at Fort Collins-area businesses through our “Flash Your Card” program! Looking for a great lunch …
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The first few weeks of school are behind us. Poudre School District students flooded classrooms mid-August just as the CSU and Front Range campuses started up their fall semester. Backpacks are filled with brand new notebooks, folders, erasers, and gluesticks; new shoes are broken in and super stylin’; and student planners are being filled in …
As thousands of readers, young and old, devour books for the Summer Reading Challenge, we don’t want to overlook recommended readings for nonprofit organizers and staff. Great summer reading isn’t all Percy Jackson & The Olympians or When Breath Becomes Air. It’s also an opportunity to find resources that offer new ways of thinking about …
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In 2009, my body informed me that I was no longer fit to be a programmer, through a mutinous uprising of my appendix. I was fired shortly after that from a sweet programming gig. Staying focused on semicolon placement (and, for that matter, wearing pants) after the surgery was impossible. At the time, I chalked …
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