Friends for Impact: Fundraising & Capacity Building Network

11/22/2021

THE $1MILLION PROJECT...
Join us to make a difference in people's lives!

We are looking for the Fundraising Manager to make this Project become possible. Work with our Fundraising Oversight Director on Board.

Profile: NYC-based, self starter, awesome coordinator and communicators, being able to manage the Fundraising process with various stakeholders. Having a good track record is preferred. Performance-based benefits.

Interested in? Please email [email protected], or inbox us. Thank you.

Warmly,
Friends for Impact, Inc.

09/15/2021

If you’re a young person with an innovative solution for a financial or societal challenge, apply by Nov. 4 for Prudential Emerging Visionaries. It’s the evolution of Spirit of Community! Get cash prizes, help making your innovation even better, and more. See details and apply today!

The world needs innovations. Prudential Emerging Visionaries is a national program that celebrates and awards young people who create solutions to financial and societal challenges.

09/14/2021

"The Queens College Tech Incubator is happy to offer a group of FREE Amazon Web Services (AWS) classes:

1. AWS Academy Cloud Foundations - Quick Start
2. AWS Academy Cloud Architecting - Quick Start
3. AWS Academy Machine Learning Foundations - Quick Start
4. AWS Academy Cloud Foundations [6817]
5. AWS Academy Introduction to Cloud: Semester 1
6. AWS Academy Machine Learning Foundations"

The Tech Incubator at Queens College (TIQC) is happy to offer the following AWS Academy Classes to Queens College students, TIQC interns and its members. 1. AWS Academy Cloud Foundations - Quick Start [2021 - 3EN] is intended for students who seek an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts...

09/13/2021

Equity Endowment Started For Small Michigan NPOs. Eligible nonprofits include Michigan-based organizations with budgets less than $200,000, and which have historically faced challenges or barriers in accessing resources.

Equity Endowment Started For Small Michigan NPOs

09/10/2021

Community Foundation for South Central New York announce their Racial Justice and Equity Fund is accepting grant inquiries for 2021. A committee of community members will decide what organizations will be awarded grants. Deadline for applications is November 15, 2021 with inquires due two weeks prior.

From the Community Foundation for South Central New York: Johnson City, NY – The Board of Directors of the Community Foundation for SouthCentral New York is pleased to announce the Racial Jus…

09/09/2021

The United Way of Westchester and Putnam has announced that it is accepting grant proposals from nonprofits in Westchester County as part of its crisis response to the recent flooding. Grants between $2,500 and $5,000 to support local nonprofits providing emergency relief to underprivileged, marginalized or ALICE (those who are employed but are living paycheck-to-paycheck) populations that have been impacted or displaced by the flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida in Westchester County, or local nonprofits that have themselves been impacted by the flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida in Westchester County.

One of your neighbors posted in Politics & Government. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

09/08/2021

Americans waste over 100 billion pounds of food a year, while 1 in 8 Americans are food insecure. Learn more about how you can donate your business's excess food to the hungry in NYC!
https://www.rescuingleftovercuisine.org/donate-food?utm_source=PaidSocial&utm_medium=Static&utm_campaign=Food_Donor_2021&fbclid=IwAR3lg1GQxImp-Fv0fTJ50701D9Ukc4o8OwD8I0nMhQQJBATDgNy_7XmxwZc -swag

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine strives to become the leading source for food waste solutions, using methods to curb hunger and make unused food available to all.

09/07/2021

"Learn everything from ideation to advertising directly from industry experts over the course of 2 content-packed days. Day one will be filled with free lectures and panels. Day two will consist of interactive workshops and training sessions for VIPs only.
At the end of the first day we’ll be hosting a $100,000 pitch competition. Five lucky finalists will have the opportunity to pitch their product to a panel of industry experts. The winners will walk away with thousands of dollars in cash, goods, and services!"
https://crowdfundedsummit.com/?fbclid=IwAR3wTydkHP-innXi8uEuiVruxHg3SCSev-PXTJZBEp1Xt6ZhPIXM5uGBhPE

The summit for launching products, raising millions, and scaling brands using crowdfunding.

09/06/2021

The Gates Foundation announce the selection of 11 grantees for the second phase of their first U.S. education Grand Challenge, Balance the Equation. These winners were chosen out of more than 400 applications to design and implement solutions to make Algebra 1 more accessible, relevant and collaborative for students who are Black, Latino, English learners and/or experiencing poverty. Winners will receive up to $1 million each to pilot their programs in schools.
https://www.the74million.org/article/hughes-every-student-is-a-math-person-with-grants-of-up-to-1-million-11-groups-will-pilot-algebra-1-programs-in-schools-and-prove-it/?fbclid=IwAR2zvy3MQpmPytGB-243yL3YM-xKX85BVZneRdfLVCG1ClJW9_2CghPcAJE

Last month, our nation lost one of the giants and architects of the civil rights era, as well as an icon within the mathematics community — Robert Moses. As a dedicated educator and founder of The Algebra Project, Moses worked tirelessly to advance a vision for how America’s education system cou...

09/03/2021

Open Call: Robin Hood awarding $25k to 50 organizations that support families with kids ages 0-3
https://fuelfor50.org/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=launch&utm_content=opencall&fbclid=IwAR3XWQhXCWduzJZh4MP7vup5MuINNVEyDuBkW5BixZR_-fm6GJjYkJtxkrw

Awarding no-strings-attached funding and resources to 50 nonprofit programs supporting the families of NYC kids ages 0–3

09/02/2021

The HOPE Program is offering New Yorkers PAID 7 to 20 weeks job training programs for a variety of industries. Visit their website and attend an info session to learn more about how they can help you kickstart your career.
https://www.thehopeprogram.org/start-dates-and-sign-ups/?fbclid=IwAR1Y3r6w1VGw-4KBpCmN5QMsYeQOxMfGghITaEybNpi_8SJhpk6FraoWBxg

HOPEworks is a seven-week program that helps participants succeed in the job market and navigate careers in various fields through cover letter and resume writing, computer skills, interview prep, basic math and English literacy, and workplace soft skills such as public speaking and conflict resolut...