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Save the brunches, spa kits, and bouquets of carnations for May 9th and devote tomorrow to Mother Earth. Since the start of Earth Day and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, Americans have joined forces to clean up the...
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CaseSoup Video Recap: The ins-and-outs of online challenges with GlobalGiving
by Sokunthea Sa Chhabra
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Citizen-Centered Solutions: Atlas Corps, a challenge champion
by Kristin Ivie
Hundreds of individuals and organizations have been able to help their cause or community through challenges and open-grantmaking initiatives, but there are few who have been as consistently successful at these competitions as Atlas Service Corps...
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Citizen-Centered Solutions: GiveMN, a new giving marketplace
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Minnesotans already rank off the charts when it comes to civic engagement like voting and volunteering - so, what might happen when you turn them loose to raise money for nonprofits across the state? GiveMN's Executive Director Dana Nelson sits...
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15
2010
CaseSoup: Want to start an online challenge? Get the inside scoop from GlobalGiving on April 20.
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The Case Foundation has long been interested in experimenting with and championing strategies that put citizens at the center of decision-making, one of the forms of this being open online challenges. One of the partners that we have had the great...
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14
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National Volunteer Week 2010 - 10 ways to celebrate people in action!
by Megan Stohner
National Volunteer Week, a signature event of Points of Light Institute, started on Saturday! National Volunteer Week (April 18-24) is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities....
Apr
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Citizen-Centered Solutions: NetSquared's experience with public participation in grantmaking
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2010
The top 4 nonprofit videos of 2009!
by Sokunthea Sa Chhabra
The results are in! The anxiously awaited outcome of this year's DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards has been announced. This past Saturday, See3 Communications revealed the winners at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta. More...
Apr
08
2010
UN-Dressed to Give: Could you go one day without shoes?
by Stephanie Hackman
Several of my coworkers and I are going barefoot today, and the reason we're shedding our shoes has nothing to do with the gorgeous spring weather. We're doing it to bring attention to the fact that many children in developing countries go each day...
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A look back on the history of service in the US
by Riva Warrilow
Guest blogger Riva Warrilow is an intern at the Case Foundation. Americans have long prided themselves on the sense of goodwill and compassion they have for their fellow man. Although part of this commitment may be inherent in our culture, there...

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