From: Center for Nonprofit Excellence <staff@thecne.org>
Subject: The CNE: Nonprofit News, Funding & Events! (Dec Vol. 1)
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News and Information
  • The New 990. CNE Brown Bag Lunch.  TODAY!  UVa Zehmer Hall. 12 noon - 1:30 pm.  Learn what information you must now disclose to meet new regulations.
  • Guerilla Tactics: Motivating Your Board and CEO to Raise More Money.  CNE Webinar.  Wednesday, December 10, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm.  Details.
  • Take a sneak peak at upcoming trainings CNE has planned!
New Articles
  • Are there challenges nonprofits face when considering hiring candidates with MBAs?  More.
  • Thinking of setting up a recurring donors or sustainers program?  Here's a relevant survey.
  • Look through all the articles on the CNE website.
New Job and Volunteer Postings
Share What You Know
  • GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine and watch the donations add up!
  • GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you'll be supporting your favorite cause.
  • Penelope Burk is a foremost authority on Donor Centered fundraising.  Her new blog will no doubt be a great, thought provoking site for all of us to keep our eyes on.
  • You are invited to a 24 hour free trial of NOZA's complete award-winning database of 38 million individual and corporate charitable donation records. The offer is valid through 12/9/08.  (Thank you Megan Huffman at WCAV-TV for letting us know about this.)
New Funding Opportunities
  • Public school music programs as well as nonprofit organizations with music education programs that serve students regardless of their ability to pay are eligible for these grants.
  • Encourages rural communities throughout the United States to use a consensus-based approach to environmental decision-making.  Info.
  • Grants of up to $1,000 will be given to youth anywhere in the world between the ages of 12 and 24 working in teams to improve the environment.  Learn more
  • Browse through all the funding opportunities on CNE's website.
Calendar
Submit your events by 12 noon on Wednesday, December 10 to have them included in the next newsletter!   (No newsletter next week.)

December 4 - Alliance Francaise de Charlottesville Winter Session Registration Open
December 4 - Light House Studio Creative Filmmaking Open Studio
December 4 - FOCUS Women's Resource Center Sign up for Financial Assistance Night
December 4 - January 10 - Jefferson-Madison Regional Library YOUTUBE Contest for teens
December 5-6 - The Habitat Store Guess Who's Coming to the Habitat Store?  It's Santa!
December 5-20 - Four County Players A Christmas Carol
December 6 - Ivy Creek Foundation Early Morning Bird Walk
December 6 - Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Game Central
December 6 - FOCUS Women's Resource Center FOCUS FLEA Sale
December 6 - Light House Studio Creative Filmmaking Open Studio
December 6 - Senior Center Holiday Yard Sale
December 6 - Ivy Creek Foundation Winter Craft Day
December 6-12 - Second Street Gallery Steve Keene's studio, Brooklyn, NY, 2008
December 9 - Hospice of the Piedmont Hospice Tree: A Celebration of Life
December 9 - American Red Cross Central VA Chapter "Every Second Counts"
December 10 - FOCUS Women's Resource Center FOCUS FLEA Sale
December 11 - Creciendo Juntos Police Experiences with and Perceptions of the Latino Community
December 11 - Light House Studio Creative Filmmaking Open Studio
December 13 - FOCUS Women's Resource Center FOCUS FLEA Sale
December 13 - Light House Studio Creative Filmmaking Open Studio
December 14 - Wild Virginia Crabtree Falls Trail Hike
December 18 - American Red Cross Central Virginia Chapter Holiday Open House
December 18 - Rivanna Conservation Society Third Thursday Brown Bag Lunch
December 23 - American Red Cross Central VA Chapter "Every Second Counts"
View all calendar events on the CNE website
Please join the CNE in our effort to maximize the impact of the nonprofit community. Contact us.
Sincerely,
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence
PO Box 5652
Charlottesville, VA 22905
434.244.3330
www.thecne.org
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